Thinking: Psychological Perspectives on Reasoning, Judgment and Decision Making - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471494577 ISBN 13: 9780471494577

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2003

Synopsis

The first international handbook to bring the areas of reasoning,judgment and decision making together, now in paperback format.

The book brings three of the important topics of thinkingtogether - reasoning, judgment and decision making â?? anddiscusses key issues in each area. The studies described range fromthose that are purely laboratory based to those that involveexperts making real world judgments, in areas such as medical andlegal decision making and political and economic forecasting.
* International collection of original chapters by leadingresearchers in the field
* Several chapters contain important new theoreticalperspectives
* Paperback version is more affordable for individualresearchers

About this title

About the Author

Edited by Dr David Hardman, London Metropolitan University, UK and Professor Laura Macchi, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy.

From the Back Cover

Research into thinking has made considerable developments over the last two decades. This international and comprehensive handbook brings three of the important topics of thinking together―reasoning, judgment and decision making―and discusses key issues in each area.

The studies described range from those that are purely laboratory based to those that involve experts making real world judgments, in areas such as medical and legal decision making, and political and economic forecasting.

Topics include:

• the development of mental models theory and its application in new domains
• the application of "rational analysis" to reasoning and the rejection of logical codes
• the development of the frequentist perspective on probability
• the pragmatic approach to probabilistic reasoning
• the development of "fast-and-frugal" heuristics that outperform traditional methods for judgment and decision making
• an extended two-stage theory of decision making, incorporating prospect theory and support theory

This book will appeal to psychologists, behavioural decision theorists, management scientists, and anybody with an interest in how we think and how we might improve the quality of our thoughts.

The studies described range from those that are purely laboratory based to those that involve experts making real world judgments, in areas such as medical and legal decision making, and political and economic forecasting.

Topics include:

• the development of mental models theory and its application in new domains
• the application of "rational analysis" to reasoning and the rejection of logical codes
• the development of the frequentist perspective on probability
• the pragmatic approach to probabilistic reasoning
• the development of "fast-and-frugal" heuristics that outperform traditional methods for judgment and decision making
• an extended two-stage theory of decision making, incorporating prospect theory and support theory

This book will appeal to psychologists, behavioural decision theorists, management scientists, and anybody with an interest in how we think and how we might improve the quality of our thoughts.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471494577
• ISBN 13: 9780471494577
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 392
• Editor: Hardman David, Macchi Laura