Herbert Simon, One of the First Social Scientists to Work

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Short Answer

Herbert Simon, one of the first social scientists to work at the boundary of economics and psychology, suggested that humans should be viewed not as rational maximers but as

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Definitions:

Phantom Limb Sensations

The phenomenon where individuals feel sensations or even pain in a limb or a part of a limb that has been amputated.

Posthypnotic Suggestion

An instruction given to a person under hypnosis that is intended to be acted upon after he or she has awakened from the hypnotic state.

Synesthesia

A condition where one type of sensory stimulus involuntarily prompts the perception of another sense.

ESP

Extra-Sensory Perception, the claimed ability to obtain information without the use of known senses.