Tim Houlihan hones in on a prime exa mple of attribution bias in “Angry Eyes” by Loggins & Messina, where the singer recognizes a double standard and blind spot in his accuser, with ”you want to believe that I am not the same as you.” He frequently does this with his past self and sometimes other rappers.” Overconfidence is a popular theme in music, as seen in DJ Khaled’s “All I Do Is Win” or Kanye West’s “Can’t Tell Me Nothing.” Troy Campbell notes, in “Sicko Mode” by Travis Scott and Drake, that “Drake doesn’t merely brag he almost always employs contrast effects to illustrate a point. We even think we can get away with texting while driving. And perhaps most illustrative is our tendency to be overly confident (we believe we are likely right and above average) and overly optimistic (we underestimate the risk of bad things happening to us). That’s why we’re susceptible to behavioral phenomena like self-herding (where we defer to our previous behavior to guide current decisions) or the endowment effect (where we overvalue what we own). We, ourselves, are our ultimate reference point. People think in terms of themselves, even as they are influenced by others. These songs are organized by the categories of the BEHAVIOR Framework (a mnemonic for remembering different behavior change strategies: Bias, Ego, Habits, Appeal, Visceral, Incentives, Others, Reminders), and will be released with their descriptions in the coming weeks, one category at a time. We have joined together with other behavioral scientists to compile a playlist of over 5 hours of songs from a diverse range of genres that each, in some way or another, exemplify the principles of behavioral science.
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