Cognitive Processes in Choice and Decision Behavior

by Thomas S. Wallsten (Editor)

Overview

Cognitive Processes in Choice and Decision Behavior contains papers that explore the reasons why these changes had come about and discuss the future directions to which they pointed. It was clear at the time that research in behavioral decision theory was changing dramatically. The chapters in this book represent a good assessment of the reasons the changes were coming about and some of the merits and problems of the directions in which it was moving. Today it can be read in its historical context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032745053
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/01/2024
Series:	Psychology Revivals
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Hillel J. Einhorn  2. On the External Validity of Decision-Making Research: What Do We Know About Decisions in the Real World? Ebbe B. Ebbesen and Vladimir J. Konečni  3. Decisions That Might Not Get Made Ruth M. Corbin  4. Analyzing Decision Behavior: The Magician’s Audience John S. Carroll  5. The Very Guide of Life: The Use of Probabilistic Information for Making Decisions Gordon F. Pitz  6. Information Processing Theory: Some Concepts and Methods Applied to Decision Research John W. Payne  7. Knowing What You Want: Measuring Labile Values Baruch Fischhoff, Paul Slovic and Sarah Lichtenstein  8. Know, Then Decide Gregory R. Lockhead  9. Real Money Lotteries: A Study of Ideal Risk, Context Effects, and Simple Processes Kenneth R. MacCrimmon, William T. Stanbury and Donald A. Wehrung  10. Current Developments in Research on Cascaded Inference Processes David A. Schum  11. Comments on the Chapters by MacCrimmon, Stanbury, and Wehrung; and Schum R. Duncan Luce  12. Processes and Models to Describe Choice and Inference Behavior Thomas S. Wallsten  13. Process Models of Probabilistic Categorization Michael Kobovy and Alice F. Healy  14. Comments on Directions and Limitations of Current Efforts Toward Theories of Decision Making William K. Estes.  Author Index.  Subject Index.