{"id":"study-behavioral-econ-glossary-author-terms","audience":"college","category":"summarizing","technique":"grounding","track":"study","title":"Build a glossary using the author's own definitions","free":false,"task":"Your Behavioral Economics reading uses some terms in its own way, and the quiz grades the author's definitions. Get exactly 5 numbered lines in the form 'term: definition', each definition under 15 words, plain text, defining the 5 bolded terms the way this author does, not the textbook way.","materialLabel":"The reading excerpt (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"ECON 3150 - Behavioral Economics - Week 3 reading\nCastellano, R. (2023). \"Small Pushes, Big Choices,\" ch. 2 (excerpt)\n\nIn this book I use a few familiar words in specific ways, and I ask readers to set aside other definitions.\n\nBy a **nudge**, I mean any change to how a choice is presented that does not remove options or change prices. (Some writers include small financial rewards as nudges. I do not.)\n\nA **default** is the option a person gets if they do nothing. Because most people do nothing, defaults are powerful.\n\n**Choice architecture** is the overall design of the setting where a decision is made: the order of options, the wording, what is shown first.\n\nI use **friction** to mean any small effort that stands between a person and an action, such as an extra form or a second click.\n\nFinally, **sludge**: friction that is added on purpose to discourage a choice that would be good for the chooser, such as a hard-to-find cancel button.\n\nConsider a company retirement plan. When workers are enrolled automatically and must opt out, enrollment rises from about 40% to over 90%.\n\nQuiz note from Prof. Ibe: \"Use Castellano's definitions. If you define nudge to include small cash rewards, it's marked wrong.\"","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"maxWords","max":100},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking for key terms","why":"The AI picks its own terms and defines them the textbook way.","fix":"Say: \"Define the 5 bolded terms the way this author does.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not saying how many lines","why":"The AI picks its own number, and it usually picks more lines than you need.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 5 numbered lines.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total and it often lands 20% over.","fix":"Cap each one: \"each definition under 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Using the standard definition","why":"The AI knows the common meaning of 'nudge', which your quiz marks wrong.","fix":"Add: \"Use the author's definitions, not the standard ones.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Shortening away the key part","why":"Squeezed for space, the AI drops what makes sludge different from friction: it's on purpose.","fix":"Add: \"Keep the part that makes each term different.\"","checks":["r2","plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many terms","patterns":["\\b(5|five)\\b.{0,25}term"]},{"label":"Uses the bolded terms","patterns":["bold","nudge","sludge"]},{"label":"Uses the author's definitions","patterns":["author","castellano","(his|her|their) (own )?definition","not the textbook"]},{"label":"Shows the line shape","patterns":["term:\\s*definition","like ['\"]","format"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"When a reading redefines common words, the AI will default to the common meaning. Tell it which terms, to use the author's definitions, and how short each line is.","rubricLabels":["Defines exactly the 5 bolded terms (nudge, default, choice architecture, friction, sludge), one per line in the shape 'term: definition'","The nudge definition follows the author: a change in how a choice is presented that doesn't remove options or change prices, and it does not include small financial rewards","The sludge definition says the friction is added on purpose to discourage a choice that would be good for the chooser, and every definition stays within the excerpt with no outside examples"]}