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urn:uuid:5ae6e275-b5ad-44c1-9f6d-d315c0559028 03 15 9781805111382 00 EB E107 10 01 01 Misunderstandings False Beliefs in Communication 1 A01 Georg Weizsäcker <p>Georg Weizsäcker is a behavioral economist. He obtained his PhD in Business Economics at Harvard University, has taught at the London School of Economics and Political Science and at University College London, and is now Professor of Economics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. His research lies in the areas of experimental economics, decision theory and applied microeconomics, with numerous contributions on the understanding and interpretations of other people's statements and choices. He is a Fellow of the European Economic Association, was appointed to numerous scientific committees and boards, and currently serves as the spokesperson of a research center on applied behavioral economics that is funded by the German Research Foundation.</p> 01 eng 00 134 03 10 BUS069000 23 Conversational Expectations 23 Economics 12 KC 04 P96.M56 10 BUS069010 12 KCA 23 Linguistics 23 Successful Communication 10 BUS069040 23 Game Theory 12 KCK 23 Politics and Sociology 10 BUS016000 23 Misunderstandings 23 Language and Human Interaction 23 Behavioral Economics 01 06 03 00 <p>What do we expect when we say something to someone, and what do they expect when they hear it? When is a conversation successful? The book considers a wide set of two-person conversations, and a bit of game theory, to show how conversational statements and their interpretations are governed by beliefs. Thinking about beliefs is suitable for communication analysis because beliefs are well-defined and measurable, allowing to differentiate between successful understandings and their less successful counterparts: misunderstandings.</p><p>The book describes the theoretical framework and empirical measurements of misunderstandings – written by an economist, but in simple words and using interdisciplinary concepts. The material will benefit students and researchers of behavioural economics and its neighbouring fields, and anyone interested in human language.</p> 04 00 1 Introduction: Should we talk? 2 Having a conversation 3 Seeing what we don’t see 4 Talking 5 Listening 6 Seeing what they don’t see 7 Perceiving how they talk 8 Perceiving how they listen 9 In higher order: Seeing their view of our view 10 Conclusion 11 Bibliography and further reading Index Author’s acknowledgements Open Book Publishers 01 Open Book Publishers 04 01 20231107 02 WORLD 06 15 9781800648814 06 15 9781783740512 06 15 9781805111382 WORLD 09 Open Book Publishers 20 01