Essays about: "Self Deception"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Self Deception.

  1. 1. Environmental knowledge and motivated beliefs in flight consumption -An economic approach to cognitive dissonance and motivated reasoning

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Alexander Eriksson; Peter Stelleck; [2020-07-10]
    Keywords : Economics; Labeled choice experiment; Environmental knowledge; Cognitive dissonance; Motivated beliefs; Stated preferences; Conditional logit; Environment; Transport;

    Abstract : Growing concerns for increasing consumption, and its impact on global warming, have led interest groups to press individuals and politicians to take action. The environmental movement focus on moral values and attitudes to change consumption behavior. READ MORE

  3. 2. Deception and Self Deception : An investigation of Multi-level marketing distributors and their deceptive practices on social media

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Företagsekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Lina Enblad; Evelina Öhlander; [2019]
    Keywords : Multi-level marketing; Digital Deception; Distributor Characteristics; Deceptive Practices; Self Deception;

    Abstract : Background: Multi-level marketing (MLM) is a specific type of direct selling where distribution and sales are facilitated through various levels of independent distributors. The MLM industry has changed through social media and it has become a channel for the distributors to communicate with customers and potential distributors. READ MORE

  4. 3. Can I Have a Robot Friend?

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Mathias Tistelgren; [2018]
    Keywords : Friendship; Robots; Human-Robot Interaction; Self-knowledge; Deception;

    Abstract : The development of autonomous social robots is still in its infancy, but there is no reason tothink that it will not continue. In fact, the robotics industry is growing rapidly. Since this trendis showing no signs of abating it is relevant to ask what type of relations we can have withthese machines. READ MORE

  5. 4. Placing 192 Billion SEK in the Hands of People Who Dosen't Care

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Elisabeth Håkansson; [2016-06-30]
    Keywords : Involvement; Consumer Behaviour within Financial Markets; Self-Deception; Default bias; Premium pension; AP7 Såfa;

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  6. 5. The unreliability of Dr. Sheppard and Humbert Humbert : A study of the unreliable narrators in Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and Nabokov’s Lolita

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Göran Häljestam; [2016]
    Keywords : English Literature; Unreliable narrator; Lolita; The Murder of Roger Ackroyd; Nabokov; Christie;

    Abstract : The concept of the unreliable narrator has been studied in academic circles for the last fifty years. When an author decides to create unreliable narration, there is a reason for it. READ MORE