Correction Concepts
Mental Accounting: Why a Dollar Is Not Always a Dollar
Mental accounting explains why people treat money differently based on its source or label, even when a dollar has the same value everywhere.
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−the original Boston Central Artery project by a factor of roughly 9
+the original Boston Central Artery project by a factor of roughly 5-6
−particularly his work with Yuichi Shoda published in Psychological Review…
+particularly his work with Janet Metcalfe published in Psychological Revi…
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Verified live: both corrections are already present in the body text (factor of 5-6; Metcalfe & Mischel 1999). The FAQ does not mention the Big Dig cost overrun or the hot/cool system citation at all, so no secondary fix was needed.
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