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The counterintuitive psychology of insurance

Orit Tykocinski · TED

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About

The real reason you buy insurance may have as much to do with pleasing your psyche as it does protecting your wallet. Behavioral psychologist Orit Tykocinski explores the connection between insurance and the reality-distorting risks of "magical thinking" that may make you reconsider your own rationale.

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDxInnsbruck
Speaker
Orit Tykocinski
Year
2021
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Psychology and the brain
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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