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Blackwell Handbook of Judgment and Decision Making [Paperback]

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  • Category: Books (Psychology)
  • ISBN-10:  1405157593
  • ISBN-10:  1405157593
  • ISBN-13:  9781405157599
  • ISBN-13:  9781405157599
  • Publisher:  Wiley-Blackwell
  • Publisher:  Wiley-Blackwell
  • Pages:  684
  • Pages:  684
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Pub Date:  01-May-2007
  • Pub Date:  01-May-2007
  • SKU:  1405157593-11-MPOD
  • SKU:  1405157593-11-MPOD
  • Item ID: 100729281
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The Blackwell Handbook of Judgment and Decision Making is a state-of-the art overview of current topics and research in the study of how people make evaluations, draw inferences, and make decisions under conditions of uncertainty and conflict.

  • Contains contributions by experts from various disciplines that reflect current trends and controversies on judgment and decision making.
  • Provides a glimpse at the many approaches that have been taken in the study of judgment and decision making and portrays the major findings in the field.
  • Presents examinations of the broader roles of social, emotional, and cultural influences on decision making.
  • Explores applications of judgment and decision making research to important problems in a variety of professional contexts, including finance, accounting, medicine, public policy, and the law.
List of Contributors.

List of Figures and Tables.

Preface.

Part I: Approaches:.

1. Rationality and the Normative/Descriptive Distinction: David Over (University Of Sunderland).

2. Normative Models of Judgment and Decision Making: Jonathan Baron (University Of Pennsylvania).

3. Social Judgment Theory: Applying and Extending Brunswik’s Probabilistic Functionalism: William M. Goldstein (University Of Chicago).

4. Fast and Frugal Heuristics: The Tools of Bounded Rationality: Gerd Gigerenzer (Max Planck Institute For Human Development).

5. Yet Another Look at the Heuristics and Biases Approach: Gideon Keren (Eindhoven University Of Technology) And Karl H. Teigen (University Of Oslo).

6. Walking with the Scarecrow: The Information-lC\

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