Research into thinking has made considerable developments over the last two decades. This international and comprehensive handbook brings three of the important topics of thinking togetherβreasoning, judgment and decision makingβand discusses key issues in each area. <p> The studies described
Thinking: Psychological Perspectives on Reasoning, Judgment and Decision Making
β Scribed by David Hardman, Laura Macchi
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 377
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
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 ??? 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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