Judgment and decision making : neo-Brunswikian and process-tracing approaches

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Judgment and decision making : neo-Brunswikian and process-tracing approaches

edited by Peter Juslin, Henry Montgomery

L. Erlbaum Associates, 1999

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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Research on human judgment and decision making has been strongly guided by a normative/descriptive approach, according to which human decision making is compared to the normative models provided by decision theory, statistics, and the probability calculus. A common empirical finding has been that human behavior deviates from the prescriptions by normative models--that judgments and decisions are subject to cognitive biases. It is interesting to note that Swedish research on judgment and decision making made an early departure from this dominating mainstream tradition, albeit in two different ways. The Neo-Brunswikian research highlights the relationship between the laboratory task and the adaptation to a natural environment. The process-tracing approach attempts to identify the cognitive processes before, during, and after a decision. This volume summarizes current Swedish research on judgment and decision making, covering topics, such as dynamic decision making, confidence research, the search for dominance structures and differentiation, and social decision making.

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Contents: P. Juslin, H. Montgomery, Introduction and Historical Remarks. Part I:Judgment and Decision Making in an Environmental Context.B. Brehmer, Reasonable Decision Making in Complex Environments. A. Jansson, Goal Achievement and Mental Models in Everyday Decision Making. G. Rigas, B. Brehmer, Mental Processes in Intelligence Tests and Dynamic Decision Making Tasks. P. Juslin, H. Olsson, Computational Models of Subjective Probability Calibration. A. Winman, P. Juslin, "I Was Well-Calibrated All Along": Assessing Accuracy in Retrospect. Part II:Judgment and Decision Making as Mental Processes.C.M. Allwood, P.A. Granhag, Feelings of Confidence and the Realism of Confidence Judgments in Everyday Life. H. Montgomery, H. Willen, Decision Making and Action: The Search for a Good Structure. O. Svenson, Differentiation and Consolidation Theory: Decision Making Processes Before and After a Choice. T. Garling, N. Karlsson, M. Selart, The Role of Mental Accounting in Everyday Economic Decision Making. L. Sjoeberg, Attitudes, Values, and Opinions: Models and Dynamics. Part III:Judgment and Decision Making in a Social Context.A. Biel, D. Eek, T. Garling, The Importance of Fairness for Cooperation in Public-Goods Dilemmas. M. Selart, D. Eek, Contingency and Value in Social Decision Making. S. Hemlin, (Dis)Agreement in Peer Review. Part IV:Commentaries.K.R. Hammond, Mats Bjoerkman and Swedish Studies of Judgment and Decision Making. B. Fischhoff, Well-Calibrated Claims About Difficult Questions.

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  • NCID
    BA49992154
  • ISBN
    • 0805832548
  • LCCN
    99030900
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Mahwah, N.J.
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 344 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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