Full name: Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases

Authors: Daniel Kahneman, Paul Slovic, Amos Tversky Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780521284141 0521284147

The thirty-five chapters in this book describe various judgmental heuristics and the biases they produce, not only in laboratory experiments but in important social, medical, and political situations as well. Individual chapters discuss the representativeness and availability heuristics, problems in judging covariation and control, overconfidence, multistage inference, social perception, medical diagnosis, risk perception, and methods for correcting and improving judgments under uncertainty. About half of the chapters are edited versions of classic articles; the remaining chapters are newly written for this book. Most review multiple studies or entire subareas of research and application rather than describing single experimental studies. This book will be useful to a wide range of students and researchers, as well as to decision makers seeking to gain insight into their judgments and to improve them. Similar books: Heuristics and Biases by Thomas Gilovich Thinking and Deciding by Jonathan Baron The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making by Scott Plous Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart by Gerd Gigerenzer Sway by Ori Brafman 50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know by Adrian Furnham The Upside of Irrationality by Dan Ariely Choices, Values, and Frames by Daniel Kahneman Mindwise by Nicholas Epley Introducing Psychology by Nigel Benson Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Introduction to psychology by Dennis Coon Blind Spots by Madeleine L. Van Hecke Psychology by Gillian Butler Rational Choice in an Uncertain World by Reid Hastie