Research on Judgment and Decision Making: Currents, Connections, and Controversies (Cambridge Series on Judgment and Decision Making) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521483344 ISBN 13: 9780521483346

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

This book offers an overview of recent research on the psychology of judgment and decision making, the field that investigates the processes by which people draw conclusions, reach evaluations, and make choices. An introductory, historically oriented chapter provides a way of viewing the overall structure of the field, its recent trends, and its possible directions. Subsequent sections present significant recent papers by prominent researchers, organized to reveal the currents, connections, and controversies that animate the field. Current trends in the field are illustrated with papers from ongoing streams of research. The papers on "connections" explore memory, explanation and argument, affect, attitudes, and motivation. Finally, a section on "controversies" presents problem representation, domain knowledge, content specificity, rule-governed versus rule-described behavior, and proposals for radical departures and new beginnings in the field. Students and researchers in psychology who have an interest in cognitive processes will find this text to be rewarding reading.

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Book Description

This anthology offers an overview of recent research on the psychology of judgment and decision making, the field investigating the processes by which people draw conclusions, reach evaluations, and make choices. An introductory chapter provides a way of viewing the overall structure of the field. Subsequent sections present significant recent papers by promient researchers, organized to reveal currents of ongoing research, connections to neighboring areas of psychology, and controversies within the field.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521483344
• ISBN 13: 9780521483346
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 768
• Editor: Goldstein William M., Hogarth Robin M.