03093nam 2200685Ia 450 991045140250332120200520144314.00-19-971641-21-281-34220-397866113422031-4356-4210-4(CKB)1000000000486638(EBL)415692(OCoLC)437094066(SSID)ssj0000592868(PQKBManifestationID)12227535(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000592868(PQKBWorkID)10736460(PQKB)11353499(SSID)ssj0000232724(PQKBManifestationID)11185519(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000232724(PQKBWorkID)10219391(PQKB)11663289(MiAaPQ)EBC415692(Au-PeEL)EBL415692(CaPaEBR)ebr10218556(CaONFJC)MIL134220(EXLCZ)99100000000048663820070720d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRationality for mortals[electronic resource] how people cope with uncertainty /Gerd GigerenzerOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (257 p.)Evolution and cognitionDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-974709-1 0-19-532898-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-229) and indexes.Contents; 1. Bounded and Rational; 2. Fast and Frugal Heuristics; 3. Rules of Thumb in Animals and Humans; 4. I Think, Therefore I Err; 5. Striking a Blow for Sanity in Theories of Rationality; 6. Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire; 7. What's in a Sample? A Manual for Building Cognitive Theories; 8. A 30 Percent Chance of Rain Tomorrow; 9. Understanding Risks in Health Care; 10. The Evolution of Statistical Thinking; 11. Mindless Statistics; 12. Children Can Solve Bayesian Problems; 13. In the Year 2054: Innumeracy Defeated; Bibliography; Name Index; General IndexGerd Gigerenzer's influential work examines the rationality of individuals not from the perspective of logic or probability, but from the point of view of adaptation to the real world of human behavior and interaction with the environment. Seen from this perspective, human behavior is more rational than it might otherwise appear. This work is extremely influential and has spawned an entire research program. This volume (which follows on a previous collection, Adaptive Thinking, also publisheEvolution and cognition.Reasoning (Psychology)Thought and thinkingElectronic books.Reasoning (Psychology)Thought and thinking.153.4/3Gigerenzer Gerd151085MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451402503321Rationality for mortals1420911UNINA