Decision Traps
Believing we are better at making predictions and estimates than we actually are.
What is Overconfidence?
Define the acronym G.N.A.P.
What is Greeting Name Affiliation Purpose?
What is 7 x 8 equal to?
What is 56?
What is Adams's first name?
What is Damon?
How many wins did Owen Valley football have this season?
What is 0?
This decision trap causes people to keep spending time, attention, and money on something despite losing interest.
What is sunk cost?
Define the acronym for J.A.G.
Evaluate this expression 23.
What is 23 = 8?
What is Adams's favorite color?
What is the everyday name of the chemical NaCl?
What is Salt?
This decision trap occurs when people give more weight to dramatic or recent events rather than objective data when making decisions.
What is recallablity?
Who is our 9/10th grade JAG president?
What is Maci Freeman?
Solve for X.
x + 5 = 12
x = 7
Where is Mr. Adams from originally? (city, and state)
What is Michigan City, IN?
What level does Bulbasaur evolve into Ivysaur?
What is level 16?
Despite knowing that a new software system would significantly improve efficiency, a company’s leadership decides to stick with their outdated system simply because “it’s how we’ve always done things.” This is an example of which decision trap?
What is Status Quo?
Who is the OVHS junior/senior JAG specialist?
What is Mrs. Gillenwater?
Solve for Y.
3y - 4 = 11
y = 5
What is Mr. Adams's favorite video game?
What is Borderlands 2?
Lisa had 120 apples. She gave 34 apples to her friend and ate 19 apples herself. How many apples does she have left?
What is six seven?
A stock trader believes that because a particular stock has gone up three days in a row, it will continue rising. Ignoring the randomness of market fluctuations, they invest heavily based on this faulty pattern recognition. Which decision trap are they falling into?
What is Out-Guessing Randomness?
What is JAG's mission?
What is the sum of these numbers?
57 + 13 + 63 + 82 + 76 + 96 + 6 + 77 + 62 + 79 =
611
How old is Mr. Adams?
What is "you really thought I was fitting to tell you"?
What does the original latin "dinosaur" translate to?
What is "terrible lizard"?
"Dinosaur" in Latin essentially means "terrible lizard," as it comes from the Greek words "deinos" (terrible) and "sauros" (lizard).