Full name: Rational Choice in an Uncertain World: The Psychology of Judgement and Decision Making

Authors: Reid Hastie, Robyn M. Dawes Year: 1988 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Psychology, Award winners, Science, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780761922759 9781412959032 076192275X 1412959039

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 judgement 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. Similar books: The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making by Scott Plous Being Mortal by Atul Gawande Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon The Shallows by Nicholas Carr Awakenings by Oliver Sacks Behave by Robert M. Sapolsky The Runaway Species by David Eagleman The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks The Social Animal by Elliot Aronson Fractured Minds by Jenni Ogden How Emotions Are Made by Lisa Barrett Subliminal by Leonard Mlodinow Proust and the Squid by Maryanne Wolf Sperm Wars by Robin Baker The Myth of Sanity by Martha Stout The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine Development Through the Lifespan by Laura E. Berk NeuroLogic by Eliezer Sternberg The Other Brain by R. Douglas Fields