Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Straight choices: the psychology of decision making

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Routledge 2015 New YorkEdition: 2nd edDescription: x, 306 pISBN:
  • 9781848722835
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153.8​3  N3S8/2015
Summary: Is this computer a better buy than that one? Should I invest in shares or keep my money under the bed? We all face a perplexing array of decisions every day. Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, the new edition of Straight Choices provides an integrative account of the psychology of decision-making, and shows how psychological research can help us understand our uncertain world. Straight Choices emphasises the relationship between learning and decision-making, arguing that the best way to understand how and why decisions are made is in the context of the learning and knowledge acquisition which precedes them, and the feedback which follows. The mechanisms of learning and the structure of environments in which decisions are made are carefully examined to explore their impact on our choices. The authors then consider whether we are all constrained to fall prey to cognitive biases, or whether, with sufficient exposure, we can find optimal decision strategies and improve our decision making. Featuring three completely new chapters, this edition also contains student-friendly overviews and recommended readings in each chapter. It will be of interest to students and researchers in cognitive psychology, behavioral economics, and the decision sciences, as well as anyone interested in the nature of decision making. (http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9781848722835/)
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Item location Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Vikram Sarabhai Library Rack 5-A / Slot 153 (0 Floor, West Wing) Non-fiction General Stacks 153.8​3 N3S8/2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 24/10/2025 189964

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Falling off the straight and narrow
2. Decision quality and an historical context
3. Stages of judgment I: discovering, acquiring and combining information
4. Stages of judgment II: feedback effects and dynamic environments
5. Appraising probability judgments
6. Judgmental heuristics and biases
7. Associative thinking
8. Analysing decisions I: a general framework
9. Analysing decisions II: prospect theory and preference reversals
10. Decisions from experience
11. Decisions across time
12. Learning to choose, choosing to learn
13. Optimality and expertise
14. Two systems of judgment and decision making?
15. Emotional influences on decision making
16. Group decision making
17. Applying psychological insights to the world outside the laboratory
18. Learning to make good decisions. When, how and why (not)?

Is this computer a better buy than that one?
Should I invest in shares or keep my money under the bed?
We all face a perplexing array of decisions every day. Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, the new edition of Straight Choices provides an integrative account of the psychology of decision-making, and shows how psychological research can help us understand our uncertain world.
Straight Choices emphasises the relationship between learning and decision-making, arguing that the best way to understand how and why decisions are made is in the context of the learning and knowledge acquisition which precedes them, and the feedback which follows. The mechanisms of learning and the structure of environments in which decisions are made are carefully examined to explore their impact on our choices. The authors then consider whether we are all constrained to fall prey to cognitive biases, or whether, with sufficient exposure, we can find optimal decision strategies and improve our decision making.
Featuring three completely new chapters, this edition also contains student-friendly overviews and recommended readings in each chapter. It will be of interest to students and researchers in cognitive psychology, behavioral economics, and the decision sciences, as well as anyone interested in the nature of decision making.

(http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9781848722835/)

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.