| Description |
xix, 343 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Social psychological applications to social issues ; v. 3 |
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Social psychological applications to social issues ; v. 3
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| Contents |
1. Heuristics and Biases in Applied Settings: An Introduction / Linda Heath and R. Scott Tindale -- 2. Heuristics and Biases in Health Decision Making: Their Expression in Genetic Counseling / Shoshana Shiloh -- 3. AIDS, Sterile Needles, and Ethnocentrism / Robyn M. Dawes -- 4. Heuristics and Biases in Medical Judgment and Decision Making / Steven Schwartz -- 5. Cognitive Heuristics and Biases in Personality Assessment / Howard N. Garb -- 6. Understanding Judges' Sentencing Decisions: Attributions of Responsibility and Story Construction / Arthur J. Lurigio, John S. Carroll and Loretta J. Stalans -- 7. Negligence Law and Mental Mutation: A Social Inference Model of Apportioning Fault / Richard L. Wiener and Christine C. Pritchard -- 8. Lay Evaluations of Encounters with Government Officials: Do Expectations Serve as Filters and Standards? / Loretta J. Stalans -- 9. Biases and Rationality in the Mediation Process / Kevin Gibson, Leigh Thompson and Max H. Bazerman |
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10. Heuristic Processing in Organizational Judgments / Carol T. Kulik and Elissa L. Perry -- 11. Policy Schemas for Affirmative Action / Rupert W. Nacoste -- 12. Affirmative Action Programs: Discontinuities between Thoughts about Individuals and Thoughts about Groups / Robyn M. Dawes -- 13. The Effects of Stereotypes on Children's Use of Decision Heuristics / Denise Davidson, Marie MacKay and Diana Jergovic -- 14. Heuristics, Biases, and Environmental Health Risk Analysis / David R. Holtgrave, Barbara J. Tinsley and Linda S. Kay -- 15. Cognitive Heuristics in Students' College Decisions / Kerry Smith -- 16. Teacher Expectations and Student Achievement: Self-Fulfilling Prophecies, Biases, and Accuracy / Lee Jussim, Stephanie Madon and Celina Chatman |
| Analysis |
Decision making |
| Notes |
"A project of the faculty and students in the Applied Social Psychology Graduate Program at Loyola University of Chicago and published under the auspices of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Decision making.
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Heuristic.
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Prejudices.
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Psychology, Applied.
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| Author |
Heath, Linda.
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Loyola University Chicago. Applied Social Psychology Graduate Program.
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Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.
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| LC no. |
94029029 |
| ISBN |
0306447509 |
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