Unit bias

We want to finish a unit of anything we are consuming - we don't want to stop in the middle.

You can decide to use smaller units to cut down on consumption.

Example

  • People try to finish all the food in the plate even if they are full
  • We stop reading book at the end of the chapter.

Consequences

  • To increase consumption, companies have increased the unit size given.
  • Digital Apps have used Pseudo Sets of related actions(collect 10 stones) to push people to do more.