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the science of why you bought that, then made up a reason afterward.

means the study of how and why people choose, buy, and discard things, driven far more by emotion and context than logic.

from emerged as a formal field in the 1960s when marketers realized economics' rational actor was a myth, and psychologists started explaining checkout-line chaos instead.

for instance

iphone launch queuesapple fans camp overnight, 2007 to present, for status not need

black friday stampedeswalmart shoppers have been trampled chasing doorbuster discounts

netflix autoplayremoved the pause between episodes, binge-watching jumped instantly

costco free samplestasting stations reliably boost purchase rates for sampled items

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