| New textbook in Judgment and Decision Making |
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A new textbook, called Judgment and Decision Making, authored by David Hardman was published by BPS-Blackwell on 23rd January 2009.
The contents are as follows: Preface and Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction and Overview: Judgments, Decisions, and Rationality. 2. The Nature and Analysis of Judgment. 3. Judging Probability and Frequency. 4. Judgmental Distortions: The Anchoring-and-Adjustment Heuristic and Hindsight Bias. 5. Assessing Evidence and Evaluating Arguments. 6. Covariation, Causation, and Counterfactual Thinking. 7. Decision Making under Risk and Uncertainty. 8. Preference and Choice. 9. Confidence and Optimism. 10. Judgment and Choice over Time. 11. Dynamic Decisions and High Stakes: Where Real Life Meets the Laboratory. 12. Risk. 13. Decision Making in Groups and Teams. 14. Cooperation and Coordination. 15. Intuition, Reflective Thinking, and the Brain. References. Author Index. Subject Index ISBN, price, and ordering details can be found at the publisher's website here. Once the book is published, there will also be a website for the book, with powerpoint slides available (once David has written them!). There is also a blogsite for the book, which contains various video links and where he plans to collect research updates relating to the book's chapters. The blogsite is at http://judgmentanddecisionmaking.blogspot.com |
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