HeyJaredCircuit Breaker: Rewiring Your Decisions
Welcome to Circuit Breaker: Rewiring Your Decisions — the podcast that helps you stop the old mental loops and start building a better life. Each episode decodes the psychology behind the choices you make, uncovering the hidden biases and invisible forces shaping your behaviour.
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Harry Harlow's Monkey Experiments PART 1 (opens the original)
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Why do we need more than just food and survival to truly thrive? In this episode of Circuit Breaker: Rewiring Your Decisions , we explore Harry Harlow’s controversial monkey experiments — research that challenged the idea that attachment is simply about satisfying physical needs. We examine how the monkeys sought comfort and security, while also confronting the serious ethical questions surrounding the experiments. Discover why comfort and emotional security matter, but also why Harlow’s finding
The Peak-End Rule (opens the original)
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Why do we remember an experience based on its most intense moment and how it ended, rather than the experience as a whole? In this episode of Circuit Breaker: Rewiring Your Decisions, we explore the Peak-End Rule - the psychological bias that causes our memories of an experience to be shaped disproportionately by its emotional peak and its final moments. Discover how our memories can distort the way we judge past experiences, why a great ending can transform how we remember something difficult,
The Hot Coffee Study (opens the original)
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Why can something as simple as a warm cup of coffee change the way we see another person? In this episode of Circuit Breaker: Rewiring Your Decisions , we explore the Hot Coffee study - research showing how physical sensations can subconsciously influence our social judgements. Discover how something as subtle as temperature can shape our perceptions without as realising it, and how our physical experiences are not at all unrelated to our social ones. Studies and links: Does Physical Warmth Prim
The Scarcity Effect (opens the original)
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Why do we want something more simply because it's harder to get? In this episode of Circuit Breaker: Rewiring Your Decisions , we explore the Scarcity Effect - the psychological tendency to place greater value on things that seem rare, limited, or about to disappear. Discover how scarcity shapes our decisions, why "limited-time offers" and exclusive opportunities feel so irresistible, and how to recognise when urgency is driving your choices more than genuine value. Studies and links: How to Boo
The Chameleon Effect (opens the original)
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Why do we unconsciously become more like the people around us? In this episode of Circuit Breaker: Rewiring Your Decisions , we explore the Chameleon Effect — the psychological tendency to automatically mirror the behaviours, attitudes, and habits of those around us, often without even realising it. Discover how the people you surround yourself with quietly shape the way you think, act, and grow, why your environment matters more than you might expect, and how choosing the right influences can h
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