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The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making by Scott Plous

The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making Scott Plous ebook
Format: djvu
ISBN: 0070504776, 9780070504776
Page: 317
Publisher: McGraw-Hill

This volume brings together classic key concepts and innovative theoretical ideas in the psychology of judgment and decision-making in social contexts. It's been a while since I last posted an excerpt. Kahneman is a an Israeli-American psychologist and Nobel Laureate with expertise on the psychology of judgment and decision-making. He concludes, and I agree, that the patient and the physician are both the central actors in the doctor-patient interaction, but that there are interested third parties, like insurance companies, that also affect decision-making. The evidence is pretty clear that evidence-based guidelines produce better outcomes than physicians relying on their own experience and judgment. I have always been fascinated how certain biases and bad habits can influence our better judgement. The authors are highly respected as leading figures in the field of judgment and decision making. Nevertheless, certain principles of social psychology can illuminate, in coarse grain, how some jurors are likely respond to evidence and argument, as well as to the ways in which they are presented. According to Kahneman, human thinking can be characterized in terms of two types. An excerpt post citing a small passage from one of my favourite books. Do we label these as neurological disorders rather than psychological disorders? Although the book is not about trading, all of the topics covered are.