IN: The problem lies in the psychology of human judgment . Much research going back to the classic work by Kahneman and Tversky demonstrates that when people make a judgment about some topic with which they are not expert , they tend to use a strategy called " anchoring and adjustment . " First , people access a belief ( which serves as the anchor ) and then adjust that belief to take into account additional factors . This strategy is remarkably effective in most situations .
What if the classic work by Kahneman and Tversky was not written ?

OUT: The technique would still be in use without a technical name .

IN: Oddly , my lap times were .6 seconds faster the second session . The third session everything came together . I dropped 7 seconds and was definately moving a lot faster . I really picked my vision up and felt like I could have gone quite a bit faster .
What will happen in the future with more practice ?

OUT: Their times will improve .

IN: Jess had said he 'd be up at 6 . Apparently his alarm went off , but due to my tendancy to sleep with earplugs in I was oblivious . He woke me up at 7 , which would have been fine if I had not finally fallen asleep what seemed like 5 minutes before .
Why may the narrator be grateful for Jess ?

OUT:
Jess got them up .