| Description |
xii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of Contents: -- Preface -- Expert Commentaries -- New Directions in the Psychology of Decision Making -- (Liqing Zhang, Peking Univ.) -- Psychology of Decision-Making 6Rs for Qualitative Research Methodological Development -- (Zenobia C. Y. Chan, The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong) -- Research and Review Studies -- Toward a Comparison-Induced Distortion Theory of Judgment and Decision Making -- (Jessica M. Choplin, DePaul Univ., Chicago, IL) -- Analysis and Decision Making Models in the Process of the Assimilation of Change and Innovation in Learning Systems -- (Baruch Offir, Bar-Ilan Univ., School of Education, Israel) -- Driving Dangerously: Motives Underlying Young Men's Decision to Engage in Risky Driving -- (Robert Ho, Rita Yong Gee, School of Psychology and Sociology, Central Queensland Univ., Rockhampton, Australia) -- Comparing Risky and Inter-Temporal Decisions: Views from Psychology, Ecology and Microeconomics -- (Tobias Kalenscher, Univ. of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Philippe N. Tobler, Univ. Cambridge, Cambridge, UK) -- Project Towards No Drug Abuse: A Needs Assessment of a Social Service Referral Telephone Program for High Risk Youth -- (Steve Sussman, Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, Univ. of Southeren California, Dept. of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, Univ., of Southern California, Dept. of Psychology, Silvana Skara, Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, Univ. of Southeren California, Dept. of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, Patchareeya Pumpuang, Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, Univ. of Southern California, Dept. of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine) -- An Error-Minimizing Rule for Animal Decision-Making Under Uncertainty -- (J.A. Devenport, L.D Devenport, Univ. of Central Oklahoma) -- Risk Management Decision-Making in a High Risk Recreational Activity: Lessons from Mountaineering -- (Robert C. Lee, Univ. of Calgary Dept. of Community Health Sciences and Oncology, Calgary Health Technology Implementation Unit, Institute of Health Economics, Linda S. Cook, Univ. of Calgary, Dept. of Community Health Sciences, Division of Population Health and Information, Alberta Cancer Board, Calgary, Canada) -- Deciding about Risky Prospects: A Psychological Descriptive Approach -- (Petko Kusev, City Univ., Paul van Schaik, Univ. of Teesside, Middlesbrough, UK) -- Exploring Gender Differences in Decision-Making using the Iowa Gambling Task -- (Ruud van den Bos, Esther den Heijer, Suzanne Vlaar, Bart Houx, Utrecht Univ., Utrecht, The Netherlands) -- Young Children's Decisions about the Power of Inference -- (Norman H. Freeman, Univ. of Bristol, UK, Angeliki Varouxaki, Univ. of Bristol, UK, Katerina Maridaki-Kassotaki, Harokopio Univ., Athens, Greece) -- The Role of Filial Piety in the Career Decision Processes of Postgraduate Students in China -- (Leili Jin, Mantak Yuen, David Watkins, The Univ. of Hong Kong) -- Deciding Who To Mate With: Do Female Finches Follow Fashion? -- (John P. Swaddle, R. Earl Clelland, Institute for Integrative Bird Behavior Studies, Biology Dept., College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA) -- Developmental Trends in Decision Making: The Case of the Monty Hall Dilemma -- (Wim De Neys, Univ. of Leuven) -- Index |
| Summary |
In a fast-moving world, the necessity of making good decisions has become even more difficult. The variety and number of choices available are often are not presented or understood. Alternatives are often unclear, and complex paths to them confusing and misleading. Presents important research on the psychology of decisions making |
| Analysis |
Theory & philosophy of psychology |
|
Communication studies |
|
Education |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Decision making.
|
|
Risk-taking (Psychology)
|
|
Education.
|
| Author |
Elsworth, Jeanine A.
|
| LC no. |
2007027835 |
| ISBN |
9781600219337 hardcover |
|
1600219330 hardcover |
|
