SOPHAIA · The Pattern Audit
Every investor runs on patterns. Most have never named theirs. Ten questions, about three minutes — the audit scores the five behavioral loops from SOPHAIA’s Module 5 and shows you which one is leading yours.
You’ll see your leading loop, all five scores, and your leading loop’s structural counter — without giving anything. The complete Field Guide — every loop’s research, cost, and counter — unlocks after you leave an email.
How it's measured
Ten scenario questions, two per loop, interleaved. Each answer maps to an intensity from 0 to 3 — the first option always describes fully systematized behavior, the last a fully pattern-driven one. Your two answers per loop sum to a 0–6 loop score; all ten sum to a 0–30 total, read against four bands from system-governed to pattern-governed.
Four honesty notes. This is a structured self-audit of self-reported tendencies — a mirror, not a validated psychometric instrument. The bands are judgment lines, not clinical cutoffs, and will be recalibrated as completion data accumulates. The patterns themselves are drawn from peer-reviewed behavioral finance — every claim in your full profile carries its source, and the complete reference list appears with your results. And the five loops are common patterns — not an exhaustive taxonomy of everything that can go wrong with money.
This is a structured self-audit, not a psychometric instrument, a diagnosis, or financial advice. It measures self-reported tendencies — a mirror, not a measurement. Patterns can be reduced in frequency and cost; no honest tool claims to eliminate them.
Question 1 of 10
Your result
The Field Guide is the complete written profile of all five loops: what each looks like, the research behind it, what it costs, and the structural counter for each — rules and defaults, never willpower.
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References
Morningstar, “Mind the Gap” (annual study of investor return gaps).
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Thaler, R. & Benartzi, S. (2004). Save More Tomorrow. Journal of Political Economy, 112(S1).
Frazzini, A. & Lamont, O. (2008). Dumb Money: Mutual Fund Flows and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns. Journal of Financial Economics, 88(2), 299–322.
Barber, B. & Odean, T. (2000). Trading Is Hazardous to Your Wealth. Journal of Finance, 55(2), 773–806.
Karlsson, N., Loewenstein, G. & Seppi, D. (2009). The Ostrich Effect: Selective Attention to Information. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 38(2), 95–115.
Sicherman, N., Loewenstein, G., Seppi, D. & Utkus, S. (2016). Financial Attention. Review of Financial Studies, 29(4).
Elkind, D., Kaminski, K., Lo, A., Siah, K.W. & Wong, C.H. (2022). When Do Investors Freak Out? Journal of Financial Data Science, 4(1), 11–39.
Sethi-Iyengar, S., Huberman, G. & Jiang, W. (2004). How Much Choice Is Too Much? In Pension Design and Structure (Oxford University Press).
Pronin, E., Lin, D. & Ross, L. (2002). The Bias Blind Spot. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28(3), 369–381.
A structured self-audit, not a psychometric instrument or financial advice. Scoring: two questions per loop, each answer 0–3, loop scores 0–6, total 0–30. Bands are judgment lines pending calibration. Patterns are reduced in frequency and cost — never eliminated. The five loops are common patterns, not an exhaustive taxonomy.