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Rational choice in an uncertain world : the psychology of judgment and decision making / Reid Hastie, Robyn M. Dawes.

By: Hastie, Reid.
Contributor(s): Dawes, Robyn M, 1936-2010.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, c2001Description: xv, 372 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 076192275X; 9780761922759.Subject(s): Judgment | Decision making | Cognition & cognitive psychology | Management decision making | Psychology | PsychologyDDC classification: 153.83 HAS
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This book will publish in a new edition on November 17, 2009. We are no longer supplying instructors with complimentary review copies of this edition.* Please click here to request a review copy of the new edition. * If you need an urgent desk copy of the existing edition for a class this semester, please call 1-800-818-7243 and we will be pleased to process your request.

When faced with an important decision, we are often on our own to think through what we might do and what the probable consequences of out behaviors are. As we make these judgements, it is important that we be able to communicate precisely and fluently with one another. In Rational Choice in an Uncertain World , renowned authors Hastie and Dawes compare the basic principles of rationality with actual behavior in making decisions. They describe theories and research finding from the field of judgment and decision making in a non-technical manner, using anecdotes as a teaching device. Intended as an introductory textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, the material not only is of scholarly interest but is practical as well.

In this volume, you′ll find:

New, student-friendly chapter introductions and conclusions Practical, everyday examples from the fields of finance, medicine, law and engineering Comprehensive, up-to-date information keeping pace with changing ideas within the field

Additional discussion of the descriptive, psychological models of decision making to expand upon the original emphasis on normative, rational, expected utility models

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Thinking and Deciding
  • What is Decision Making?
  • A General Framework for Judgment
  • Judgments from Memory
  • Anchoring and Adjustment
  • Judgment by Similarity
  • Judging by Scenarios and Explanations
  • Thinking about Randomness and Causation
  • Thinking Rationally about Uncertainty
  • Evaluating Consequences
  • Simple Values
  • Complex Values and Attitudes
  • A Normative, Rational Decision Theory
  • A Descriptive, Psychological Decision Theory
  • In Praise of Uncertainty

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Reid Hastie is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Research on Judgment and Policy at the University of Colorado
Robyn M. Dawes is the Charles J. Queenan, Jr., University Professor of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon.