
Behavior & Society
When “Reasonable” Trumps “Rational”
Research shows that people sometimes ignore their own self-interest in making decisions
Richard P. Eibach, Ph.D., is a social psychologist at the University of Waterloo who specializes in the study of self-perception and social judgment.
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