Thinking Psychological Perspectives on Reasoning Judgment and Decision Making

by David Hardman

A collection of original chapters by leading researchers in the field of reasoning and decision making These chapters have been selected with the intention to reflect the convergence of theory and research in reasoning and decision making two areas that have previously been seen as somewhat disparate the role of uncertainty in thinking the role of prior knowledge and pragmatic influences in thinking the role of individual differences in thinking and causal thinking 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 thinking together reasoning judgment and decision making a 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 International collection of original chapters by leading researchers in the field Several chapters contain important new theoretical perspectives Paperback version is more affordable for individual researchers

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