The psychology of learning and motivation : advances in research and theory. Volume 32, Decision making from a cognitive perspective / edited by Jerome Busemeyer, Reid Hastie, and Douglas, L. Medin.
The Psychology of Learning and Motivation publishes empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning to complex learning and problem solving. This guest-edited special issue is devoted to research and discussion on...
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| Other title: | Decision making from a cognitive perspective. |
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| Series: | Psychology of learning and motivation ;
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Decision Making from a Cognitive Perspective; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; CHAPTER 1. COGNITIVE APPROACHES TO JUDGMENT AND DECISION MAKING; I. Introduction; II. Cognitive Symbolic Information Processing Approach to Judgment and Decision Making Phenomena; III. A Selective History of the Major Precursors to Current Cognitive Approaches; IV. Illustrations from Our Own Research; V. Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 2. AND LET US NOT FORGET MEMORY: THE ROLE OF MEMORY PROCESSES AND TECHNIQUES IN THE STUDY OF JUDGMENT AND CHOICE; I. Introduction.
- II. Memory Structure ahd Processes in J/DM ModelsIII. Use of Memory Techniques in J/DM; IV. Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 3. CONTENT AND DISCONTENT: INDICATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS OF DOMAIN SPECIFICITY IN PREFERENTIAL DECISION MAKING; I. Introduction; II. Metatheory of Preferential Decision Research: History of the Gambling Metaphor; III. Content and Its Discontents; IV. Content Effects in Research on Preferential Judgment and Choice; V. Toward an Outline of a Theory of Domain-Specific Decision Making; VI. Discussion and Conclusions; References.
- CHAPTER 4. AN INFORMATION PROCESSING PERSPECTIVE ON CHOICEI. Introduction; II. An Information Processing Perspective on Choice; III. Applications of Our Integrated Methodology; IV. New Research Directions; V. Conclusion; References; CHAPTER 5. ALGEBRA AND PROCESS IN THE MODELING OF RISKY CHOICE; I. Introduction; II. Algebraic Models of Risky Choice; III. Process Models of Risky Choice; IV. The Bridge between Process and Algebra; References; CHAPTER 6. UTILITY INVARIANCE DESPITE LABILE PREFERENCES; I. Introduction; II. Robustness of Preference Reversals; III. Comparing Preference Orders.
- IV. Violations of Strong TransitivityV. Psychological Theories of Preference Reversals; VI. Deciding How to Decide; VII. Which Preference Order Represents ''True" Preferences?; VIII. Preference Reversals in Riskless Domains; IX. A Two-Pronged Explanation of Preference Reversals; References; CHAPTER 7. COMPATIBILITY IN COGNITION AND DECISION; I. Introduction; II. Stimulus-Response Compatibility; III. Scale Compatibility; IV. Relative Prominence; V. Strategy Compatibility; VI. Semantic Compatibility; VII. Discussion; References.
- CHAPTER 8. PROCESSING LINGUISTIC PROBABILITIES:GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCEI. Overview; II. Setting the stage; III. Meanings of Qualitative Probability Expressions; IV. Judgment and Decision with Verbal and Numerical Probabilities; V. Recapitulation and Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 9. COMPOSITIONAL ANOMALIES IN THE SEMANTICS OF EVIDENCE; I. Introduction; II. Five Compositional Anomalies in Probability Judgment; III. Semantic Theories of Evidence; IV. A Normative Principle Linking Deduction and Induction; V. Conjunction and Disjunction Errors in Probability Judgment.