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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779944803321

Titolo

Decision making : cognitive models and explanations / / edited by Rob Ranyard, W. Ray Crozier, and Ola Svenson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997

ISBN

1-134-72677-5

1-134-72678-3

1-280-31845-7

0-203-44439-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Frontiers of cognitive science

Altri autori (Persone)

RanyardRob

CrozierW. Ray <1945->

SvensonOla

Disciplina

153.8/3

Soggetti

Decision making

Cognition

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction to Part I; Cognitive process models and explanations of decision making; Psychometric and methodological aspects of process tracing research; Introduction to Part II; Personal involvement in human decision making: conceptualisations and effects on decision processes; Aspects of compatibility and the construction of preference; Perspectives and emotions in personal decision making; Is hate wiser than love? Cognitive and emotional utilities in decision making; Introduction to Part III

Anticipating the future: appraising risk and uncertaintyTheoretical conceptions of framing effects in risky decisions; Beyond gambles and lotteries: naturalistic risky decisions; Introduction to Part IV; Influences of the past on choices of the future; The effects of time pressure on human judgement and decision making; Decision making in dynamic task environments; Turning prior disadvantages into advantages: differentiation and consolidation in real-life decision making; Post-



decisional confidence; can it be trusted?; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers an exciting new collection of recent research on the actual processes that humans use when making decisions in their everyday lives and in business situations.