Judgment and Decision-Making In the Lab and the World
Second edition coming in 2025
FEATURES
- 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; 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
- Provides extra resources for instructors that can be accessed on the book's Macmillan website: Test bank (multiple choice and essay) written by the textbook author, powerpoint slides, and online resources to supplement teaching
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Introduction
- Representativeness and Availability
- Hindsight Bias
- Anchoring and Primacy Effects in Judgment
- Mental Accounting and Choice
- Schemas and Framework Theories
- Expected Utility Theory
- Framing Effects and Prospect Theory
- Judging Covariation, Contingency, and Cause
- Hypothesis Testing and Confirmation Bias
- Risk Assessment
- Prediction
- Belief
- Moral Judgment and Cooperation