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How do we make the judgments that inform our lives? Is there any way of consciously removing bias from the choices we make? What do our everyday personal decisions have in common with those made by groups, companies, and...
How do we make the judgments that inform our lives? Is there any way of consciously removing bias from the choices we make? What do our everyday personal decisions have in common with those made by groups, companies, and even nations? In this engaging and innovative textbook, Nancy Kim presents a multidisciplinary introduction to the dynamic field of judgment and decision-making. This lucidly written text delivers insights from cognitive psychology, aptly combining with interdependent findings from fields as diverse as neuropsychology, behavioural economics, social, developmental and clinical psychology, and philosophy. Offering not only a comprehensive explanation of the neurological structures and cognitive processes that underlie how we make decisions and form judgments in our everyday lives, readers can expect to learn the implications of these decisions upon an individual’s prospects for health and longevity.
Understanding behaviour is a central aspect of inquiry in the psychology discipline and as such this book is an essential companion for students taking undergraduate psychology, cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience courses; particularly those which include a module in judgment and decision-making. This text may also be helpful for undergraduate and postgraduate business courses on the subject.
Covers an enormous breadth of material in a rigorous and thoughtful manner, remaining accessible without over-simplifying the field
Surveys both classic and contemporary research and builds beyond findings from laboratory settings to emphasize real-world application of theory in many different contexts
Features learning goals, suggested readings, questions for discussion and detailed walk-throughs of example problems to show how students can apply theory to their own homework, classwork or research
Student-focused and includes an array of pedagogical features to bring the subject to life and provides helpful classroom activities for reflection and further study
Combines good scholarship with a clear, very easy-to-read writing style
1: Introduction 2: Representativeness and Availability 3: Hindsight Bias 4: Anchoring and Primacy Effects in Judgment 5: Mental Accounting and Choice 6: Schemas and Framework Theories 7: Expected Utility Theory 8: Framing Effects and Prospect Theory 9: Judging Covariation, Contingency, and Cause 10: Hypothesis Testing and Confirmation Bias 11: Risk Assessment 12: Prediction 13: Belief 14: Moral Judgment and Cooperation.
Nancy S. Kim is Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Psychology at Northeastern University, USA. Her research focuses on health-related judgment and decision-making by lay people, patients, clinical trainees and practicing clinicians. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on judgment and decision-making, cognitive psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.
Nancy S. Kim is Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Psychology at Northeastern University, USA. Her research focuses on health-related judgment and decision-making by lay people, patients, clinical trainees and practicing clinicians. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on judgment and decision-making, cognitive psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.
