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Psychological Perspectives
David Hardman
ISBN: 9781405123983
Format: Paperback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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Judgment and Decision Making is a refreshingly accessible text that explores the wide variety of ways people make judgments. It examines assessments of probability, frequency and causation; as well as how decisions are rendered under conditions of risk and uncertainty. Topics covered include dynamic, everyday and group decision making; individual differences; and the nature of mind and brain in relation to judgment and decision making. Offering up…
Judgment and Decision Making is a refreshingly accessible text that explores the wide variety of ways people make judgments. * An accessible examination of the wide variety of ways people make judgments * Features up-to-date theoretical coverage, including perspectives from evolutionary psychology and neuroscience * Covers dynamic decision making, everyday decision making, individual differences, group decision making, and the nature of mind and brain in relation to judgment and decision making * Illustrates key concepts with boxed case studies and cartoons
| ISBN | 1405123982 | | Pages | 232 | | ISBN13 | 9781405123983
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 720 | | Imprint | John Wiley & Sons Ltd | | Published in | Chichester | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | BPS Textbooks in Psychology | | Publication date | 23 Jan 2009 | | Height (mm) | 275 | | Library of Congress | 2008028048 | | Width (mm) | 219 | | DEWEY | 153.46 | | Spine width (mm) | 13 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General, Professional / Scholarly, Tertiary education |
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| 1 | | Introduction and Overview: Judgments, Decisions, and Rationality | | 2 | | 2 | | The Nature and Analysis of Judgment | | 8 | | 3 | | Judging Probability and Frequency | | 18 | | 4 | | Judgmental Distortions: The Anchoring-and-Adjustment Heuristic and Hindsight Bias | | 32 | | 5 | | Assessing Evidence and Evaluating Arguments | | 40 | | 6 | | Covariation, Causation, and Counterfactual Thinking | | 54 | | 7 | | Decision Making under Risk and Uncertainty | | 64 | | 8 | | Preference and Choice | | 78 | | 9 | | Confidence and Optimism | | 92 | | 10 | | Judgment and Choice over Time | | 106 | | 11 | | Dynamic Decisions and High Stakes: Where Real Life Meets the Laboratory | | 118 | | 12 | | Risk | | 132 | | 13 | | Decision Making in Groups and Teams | | 146 | | 14 | | Cooperation and Coordination | | 160 | | 15 | | Intuition, Reflective Thinking, and the Brain | | 174 | | | | Appendix | | 188 | | | | References | | 189 | | | | Sources and Credits | | 209 | | | | Author Index | | 211 | | | | Subject Index | | 219 |
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