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Neurodiversity in the Workplace - Interests, Issues, and Opportunities (Hardcover): Susanne M. Bruyere, Adrienne Colella Neurodiversity in the Workplace - Interests, Issues, and Opportunities (Hardcover)
Susanne M. Bruyere, Adrienne Colella
R4,079 Discovery Miles 40 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Provides a holistic look at the application of leadership theories in a neurodiverse context and how the workplace can be adapted to accommodate for neurodiverse employees Explores effective recruitment strategies by looking into applicant screening as well as interviewing and selection, adapting internal organizational resources to a neurodiverse workforce, and legal and regulatory environment considerations for autism hiring programs Each chapter provides an overview of existing knowledge on effective workplace inclusion practices across the employment process, specific implications of research to date for a more neurodiversity-inclusive workplace, and what future research is needed to further inform these practices

Cognitive Mapping for Problem-based and Inquiry Learning - Theory, Research, and Assessment (Hardcover): Juanjuan Chen Cognitive Mapping for Problem-based and Inquiry Learning - Theory, Research, and Assessment (Hardcover)
Juanjuan Chen
R4,072 Discovery Miles 40 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

* Providing a comprehensive review of cognitive mapping-supported problem-based and inquiry learning from both the learning sciences and cognitive sciences perspectives * Incorporating two cases of empirical studies that may provide some implications for relevant researchers and practitioners * Elaborating how problem-based learning and cognitive maps can be assessed, which are the assessment issues that researchers and practitioners are concerned

Current Controversies in Philosophy of Memory (Hardcover): Andre Sant'anna, Christopher Jude McCarroll, Kourken Michaelian Current Controversies in Philosophy of Memory (Hardcover)
Andre Sant'anna, Christopher Jude McCarroll, Kourken Michaelian
R5,407 Discovery Miles 54 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The surge of philosophical interest in episodic memory has brought to light a number of controversial questions about this form of memory that have only recently begun to be addressed in detail. This book organises discussion around six such questions, offering two new chapters per question, from experts in the field. The questions are: I. What is the relationship between memory and imagination? II. Do memory traces have content? III. What is the nature of mnemonic confabulation? IV. What is the function of episodic memory? V. Do non-human animals have episodic memory? VI. Does episodic memory give us knowledge of the past? The book constitutes a valuable resource for researchers, teachers, and students alike. For researchers, it provides an up-to-date discussion of some of the main theories, arguments, and problems in the area. For teachers, the book can supply the readings for an entire course, or particular sections can provide the readings for specific units within a broader philosophy of memory course. For students, the book offers accessible discussions of some of the most recent topics in the philosophy of memory, which, when taken together, serve as a well-rounded introduction to the area.

The Frontlines of Artificial Intelligence Ethics - Human-Centric Perspectives on Technology's Advance (Hardcover): Andrew... The Frontlines of Artificial Intelligence Ethics - Human-Centric Perspectives on Technology's Advance (Hardcover)
Andrew J. Hampton, Jeanine A. DeFalco
R4,068 Discovery Miles 40 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This foundational text examines the intersection of AI, psychology, and ethics, laying the groundwork for the importance of ethical considerations in the design and implementation of technologically supported education, decision support, and leadership training. AI already affects our lives profoundly, in ways both mundane and sensational, obvious and opaque. Much academic and industrial effort has considered the implications of this AI revolution from technical and economic perspectives, but the more personal, humanistic impact of these changes has often been relegated to anecdotal evidence in service to a broader frame of reference. Offering a unique perspective on the emerging social relationships between people and AI agents and systems, Hampton and DeFalco present cutting-edge research from leading academics, professionals, and policy standards advocates on the psychological impact of the AI revolution. Structured into three parts, the book explores the history of data science, technology in education, and combatting machine learning bias, as well as future directions for the emerging field, bringing the research into the active consideration of those in positions of authority. Exploring how AI can support expert, creative, and ethical decision making in both people and virtual human agents, this is essential reading for students, researchers, and professionals in AI, psychology, ethics, engineering education, and leadership, particularly military leadership.

Naturalized Aesthetics - A Scientific Framework for the Philosophy of Art (Hardcover): Richard A. Richards Naturalized Aesthetics - A Scientific Framework for the Philosophy of Art (Hardcover)
Richard A. Richards
R4,088 Discovery Miles 40 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book bridges the gap between the many insights into art provided by research in evolutionary theory, psychology and neuroscience and those enduring normative issues best addressed by philosophy. The sciences have helped us understand how art functions, our art preferences, and the neurological systems underlying our engagement with art. But we continue to rely on philosophy to tell us what is truly good in art, how we should engage with art, and the conceptual basis for this engagement. Naturalized Aesthetics: A Scientific Framework for the Philosophy of Art integrates a systematic and comprehensive naturalism, grounded in the sciences, with an "ecology" of art. It shows how the environments in which we make and experience art - our "engineered art niches" - affect the practice and experience of art and generate normativity - the goods and the shoulds - in our engagement with art. There are, in effect, two "streams" of normativity, according to this book: a niche-dependent, social, impersonal and objective stream and a niche-independent, individual, personal and subjective stream. Recognition of these two streams allows us to make progress in long-standing and unresolved philosophical disputes about how to interpret, evaluate and conceive art. Key Features: Provides a structured and critical introduction to the scientific accounts of art based on evolutionary thinking, psychology and neuroscience. Develops an "ecology" of art based on the insight that we engage with art in engineered niches. Presents a naturalistic account of normativity based on the recognition of two streams: a niche-dependent, social, impersonal and objective stream; and a niche-independent, individual, personal and subjective stream. Serves as an introduction and critical analysis of the debates about the interpretation, evaluation and definitions of art.

Ethical Artificial Intelligence from Popular to Cognitive Science - Trust in the Age of Entanglement (Paperback): Jordan... Ethical Artificial Intelligence from Popular to Cognitive Science - Trust in the Age of Entanglement (Paperback)
Jordan Richard Schoenherr
R1,328 Discovery Miles 13 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective on the ethics of 'artificial intelligence' - autonomous, intelligent, (and connected) systems, or AISs, applying principles of social cognition to understand the social and ethical issues associated with the creation, adoption, and implementation of AISs. As humans become entangled in sociotechnical systems defined by human and artificial agents, there is a pressing need to understand how trust is created, used, and abused. Compounding the difficulty in answering these questions, stakeholders directly or indirectly affected by these systems differ in their motivations, understanding, and values. This volume provides a comprehensive resource to help stakeholders understand ethical issues of designing and implementing AISs using an ethical sensemaking approach. Starting with the general technical affordances of AIS, Dr. Jordan Richard Schoenherr considers the features of system design relating data integrity, selection and interpretation of algorithms, and the evolution processes that drive AISs innovation as a sociotechnological system. The poles of technophobia (algorithmic aversion) and technophilia (algorithmic preference) in the public perception of AISs are then described and considered against existing evidence, including issues ranging from the displacement and re-education needs of the human workforce, the impact of use of technology on interpersonal accord, and surveillance and cybersecurity. Ethical frameworks that provide tools for evaluating the values and outcomes of AISs are then reviewed, and how they can be aligned with ethical sensemaking processes identified by psychological science is explored. Finally, these disparate threads are brought together in a design framework. Also including sections on policies and guideline, gaming and social media, and Eastern philosophical frameworks, this is fascinating reading for students and academics in psychology, computer science, philosophy, and related areas, as well as professionals such as policy makers and those working with AI systems.

Ethical Artificial Intelligence from Popular to Cognitive Science - Trust in the Age of Entanglement (Hardcover): Jordan... Ethical Artificial Intelligence from Popular to Cognitive Science - Trust in the Age of Entanglement (Hardcover)
Jordan Richard Schoenherr
R3,782 Discovery Miles 37 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective on the ethics of 'artificial intelligence' - autonomous, intelligent, (and connected) systems, or AISs, applying principles of social cognition to understand the social and ethical issues associated with the creation, adoption, and implementation of AISs. As humans become entangled in sociotechnical systems defined by human and artificial agents, there is a pressing need to understand how trust is created, used, and abused. Compounding the difficulty in answering these questions, stakeholders directly or indirectly affected by these systems differ in their motivations, understanding, and values. This volume provides a comprehensive resource to help stakeholders understand ethical issues of designing and implementing AISs using an ethical sensemaking approach. Starting with the general technical affordances of AIS, Dr. Jordan Richard Schoenherr considers the features of system design relating data integrity, selection and interpretation of algorithms, and the evolution processes that drive AISs innovation as a sociotechnological system. The poles of technophobia (algorithmic aversion) and technophilia (algorithmic preference) in the public perception of AISs are then described and considered against existing evidence, including issues ranging from the displacement and re-education needs of the human workforce, the impact of use of technology on interpersonal accord, and surveillance and cybersecurity. Ethical frameworks that provide tools for evaluating the values and outcomes of AISs are then reviewed, and how they can be aligned with ethical sensemaking processes identified by psychological science is explored. Finally, these disparate threads are brought together in a design framework. Also including sections on policies and guideline, gaming and social media, and Eastern philosophical frameworks, this is fascinating reading for students and academics in psychology, computer science, philosophy, and related areas, as well as professionals such as policy makers and those working with AI systems.

Existential Crises in Educational Administration and Leadership - Existential Anxiety and Loss of Meaning in the Gaze of... Existential Crises in Educational Administration and Leadership - Existential Anxiety and Loss of Meaning in the Gaze of Munch's 'The Scream' (Hardcover)
Eugenie A. Samier
R4,065 Discovery Miles 40 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the theoretical foundations relevant to existential issues in educational leadership and management, taking inspiration from Munch's painting The Scream. The book considers internationally relevant topics such as the growth of neoliberalism, globalisation, cultural shifts, forced migration and the digitalisation of the socio-cultural sphere and uniquely positions these crises as existential threats, rather than simply political, cultural, or social. The volume explores this complex set of dimensions in existential experience and outlines the implications for research and teaching in educational leadership. By exemplifying the narrative and introspective nature of existential research, the book addresses major aspects of the field including the impact such threats have on organisational studies, policy, administrative structures and practices, and leadership. This timely collection on existential issues in administration and leadership will appeal to academics, scholars, researchers, practitioners and policy-makers. It will also be of great interest for students in teacher education programmes and graduate courses in educational administration and leadership, organisation studies, and educational ethics for broad international use.

Controversy and Psychology (Hardcover): Philip Banyard Controversy and Psychology (Hardcover)
Philip Banyard
R4,065 Discovery Miles 40 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

1. This is a concise text with accessible coverage of a range of topical issues in psychology, both present and historical. 2. Contains study aids such as annotated further reading, sample essays, and key research articles 3. Banyard is also one of the series editors, and is an experienced writer and examiner

Workplace Communication - Promoting Workplace Wellbeing and Interpersonal Relationships in Multicultural Contexts (Hardcover):... Workplace Communication - Promoting Workplace Wellbeing and Interpersonal Relationships in Multicultural Contexts (Hardcover)
Joanna Crossman
R4,087 Discovery Miles 40 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

1. Comprehensive coverage on how to create an inclusive workplace and managing workplace diversity; 2. A practical guide with 'road-tested' cases and exercise on how to bridge the gap of cross cultural communication; 3. Addresses the urgent need on how to communicate effectively to an increasingly digital, remote workforce; 4. Focuses on how diversity, ethics, workplace wellbeing and health play a part in interpersonal relationships and communication at work and how to navigate the complexities that inevitably arise

Everyday Applications of Psychological Science - Hacks to Happiness and Health (Paperback): R.Eric Landrum, Regan A. R. Gurung,... Everyday Applications of Psychological Science - Hacks to Happiness and Health (Paperback)
R.Eric Landrum, Regan A. R. Gurung, Susan A. Nolan, Maureen A McCarthy, Dana S. Dunn
R669 Discovery Miles 6 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Everyday Applications of Psychological Science explores several core areas of psychology, showing readers how to apply these principles to everyday situations in order to better their understanding of human behavior and improve their quality of life. The authors of this book, who are award-winning educators of psychology, have culled and collated the best practical research-based advice that psychological science can offer in an easy-to-read and digestible format. Lively and peppered with anecdotes, this book explores topical areas normally found in introductory psychology books but do so in a way that makes psychological science practical, accessible, and relevant to our readers. In Everyday Applications of Psychological Science, the best science that psychology has to offer is translated into life hacks that are applicable to improving readers' physical health, mental health, psychological wealth, relationships, and happiness. Everyday Applications of Psychological Science is vital reading for those interested in learning more about the field of psychology more generally and how aspects of it can be applied to daily life. Our approach may be of particular interest to current and prospective undergraduate students of psychology and those interested in learning more about mental health issues.

Everyday Applications of Psychological Science - Hacks to Happiness and Health (Hardcover): R.Eric Landrum, Regan A. R. Gurung,... Everyday Applications of Psychological Science - Hacks to Happiness and Health (Hardcover)
R.Eric Landrum, Regan A. R. Gurung, Susan A. Nolan, Maureen A McCarthy, Dana S. Dunn
R1,564 Discovery Miles 15 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Everyday Applications of Psychological Science explores several core areas of psychology, showing readers how to apply these principles to everyday situations in order to better their understanding of human behavior and improve their quality of life. The authors of this book, who are award-winning educators of psychology, have culled and collated the best practical research-based advice that psychological science can offer in an easy-to-read and digestible format. Lively and peppered with anecdotes, this book explores topical areas normally found in introductory psychology books but do so in a way that makes psychological science practical, accessible, and relevant to our readers. In Everyday Applications of Psychological Science, the best science that psychology has to offer is translated into life hacks that are applicable to improving readers' physical health, mental health, psychological wealth, relationships, and happiness. Everyday Applications of Psychological Science is vital reading for those interested in learning more about the field of psychology more generally and how aspects of it can be applied to daily life. Our approach may be of particular interest to current and prospective undergraduate students of psychology and those interested in learning more about mental health issues.

Love and Organization - Lessons of Love for Human Dignity, Leadership and Motivation (Hardcover): Michael Pirson Love and Organization - Lessons of Love for Human Dignity, Leadership and Motivation (Hardcover)
Michael Pirson
R4,522 Discovery Miles 45 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Organizations are not human, but they are made up of people. Examining the organization, functioning, growing and developing and moving together as one unit, the well-being and success of that organization depends on the well-being of people that make it up. Love, in its various forms, is the energy that motivates and fuels creativity, care, innovation, progress and well-being. Traditionally, organizational structures have been set up to support compliance and command and control, which often discourages love and creates policies against love at the workplace. The result has been reduced growth, productivity and retention of businesses as well as reduced well-being for employees. This reduced connectivity between individuals has also, at a higher level, adversely affected society. Without love, people are working and performing with reduced energy, and at reduced capacity. While prior research has been focused on love at the workplace from the viewpoint of psychologists, this book explores the impact of love within organizational contexts from various viewpoints including management, psychology, and philosophy. It explores love in the organizational context by looking at how it affects meaning, purpose, well-being, motivation, faith, care, spiritual development and how the identity and well-being of each person in the organization positively affects retention and the growth and success of that organization. It will be of interest to researchers, academics, and advanced students in the fields of organizational studies, leadership, and management.

Essay Writing for Adolescents with Language and Learning Difficulties - Practical Strategies for English Teachers (Paperback):... Essay Writing for Adolescents with Language and Learning Difficulties - Practical Strategies for English Teachers (Paperback)
Kim Knight
R924 Discovery Miles 9 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

*A guide providing teachers with easy to implement strategies based on research in speech pathology and education. *Addresses the needs of adolescents learning to write essays in a structured and accessible way. *Relevant strategies that can be integrated into existing lesson plans and curriculum tasks.

Essay Writing for Adolescents with Language and Learning Difficulties - Practical Strategies for English Teachers (Hardcover):... Essay Writing for Adolescents with Language and Learning Difficulties - Practical Strategies for English Teachers (Hardcover)
Kim Knight
R4,065 Discovery Miles 40 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

*A guide providing teachers with easy to implement strategies based on research in speech pathology and education. *Addresses the needs of adolescents learning to write essays in a structured and accessible way. *Relevant strategies that can be integrated into existing lesson plans and curriculum tasks.

Coaching Physicians and Healthcare Professionals - Supporting Workplace Wellbeing and High-Quality Care (Paperback): Veronique... Coaching Physicians and Healthcare Professionals - Supporting Workplace Wellbeing and High-Quality Care (Paperback)
Veronique Haynal, Rene Chiolero
R1,049 Discovery Miles 10 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

- first book to describe coaching hospital care providers and teams; most everything else focuses only on general methods/techniques - should appeal to many professional coaching societies and associations

Coaching Physicians and Healthcare Professionals - Supporting Workplace Wellbeing and High-Quality Care (Hardcover): Veronique... Coaching Physicians and Healthcare Professionals - Supporting Workplace Wellbeing and High-Quality Care (Hardcover)
Veronique Haynal, Rene Chiolero
R3,944 Discovery Miles 39 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

- first book to describe coaching hospital care providers and teams; most everything else focuses only on general methods/techniques - should appeal to many professional coaching societies and associations

Autonomy, Enactivism, and Mental Disorder - A Philosophical Account (Hardcover): Michelle Maiese Autonomy, Enactivism, and Mental Disorder - A Philosophical Account (Hardcover)
Michelle Maiese
R4,078 Discovery Miles 40 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book brings together insights from the enactivist approach in philosophy of mind and existing work on autonomous agency from both philosophy of action and feminist philosophy. It then utilizes this proposed account of autonomous agency to make sense of the impairments in agency that commonly occur in cases of dissociative identity disorder, mood disorders, and psychopathy. While much of the existing philosophical work on autonomy focuses on threats that come from outside the agent, this book addresses how inner conflict, instability of character, or motivational issues can disrupt agency. In the first half of the book, the author conceptualizes what it means to be self-governing and to exercise autonomous agency. In the second half, she investigates the extent to which agents with various forms of mental disorder are capable of exercising autonomy. In her view, many forms of mental disorder involve disruptions to self-governance, so that agents lack sufficient control over their intentional behavior or are unable to formulate and execute coherent action plans. However, this does not mean that they are utterly incapable of autonomous agency; rather, their ability to exercise this capacity is compromised in important respects. Understanding these agential impairments can help to deepen our understanding of what it means to exercise autonomy, and also devise more effective treatments that restore subjects' agency. Autonomy, Enactivism, and Mental Disorder will be of interest to researchers and advanced students working in philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, philosophy of psychiatry, and feminist philosophy.

Structure, Evidence, and Heuristic - Evolutionary Biology, Economics, and the Philosophy of Their Relationship (Paperback):... Structure, Evidence, and Heuristic - Evolutionary Biology, Economics, and the Philosophy of Their Relationship (Paperback)
Armin W Schulz
R1,321 Discovery Miles 13 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is the first systematic treatment of the philosophy of science underlying evolutionary economics. It does not advocate an evolutionary approach towards economics, but rather assesses the epistemic value of appealing to evolutionary biology in economics more generally. The author divides work in evolutionary economics into three distinct, albeit related, forms: a structural form, an evidential form, and a heuristic form. He then analyzes five examples of work in evolutionary economics falling under these three forms. For the structural form, he examines the parallelism between natural selection and economic decision making, and the parallelism between natural selection and market competition. For the evidential form, he looks at the relationship between animal and human economic decision making, and the evolutionary explanation of diversity in human economic decision making. Finally, for the heuristic form, he focuses on the plausibility of equilibrium modeling in evolutionary ecology and economics. In this way, he shows that linking evolutionary biology and economics can make for a powerful methodological tool that can enable progress in our understanding of various economics questions. Structure, Evidence, and Heuristic will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in philosophy of science, philosophy of social science, evolutionary biology, and economics.

Opera, Emotion, and the Antipodes Volume I - Historical Perspectives: Creating the Metropolis; Delineating the Other... Opera, Emotion, and the Antipodes Volume I - Historical Perspectives: Creating the Metropolis; Delineating the Other (Paperback)
Michael Halliwell, Stephanie Rocke, Jane Davidson
R1,330 Discovery Miles 13 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

There can be little doubt that opera and emotion are inextricably linked. From dramatic plots driven by energetic producers and directors to the conflicts and triumphs experienced by all associated with opera's staging to the reactions and critiques of audience members, emotion is omnipresent in opera. Yet few contemplate the impact that the customary cultural practices of specific times and places have upon opera's ability to move emotions. Taking Australia as a case study, this two-volume collection of extended essays demonstrates that emotional experiences, discourses, displays and expressions do not share universal significance but are at least partly produced, defined, and regulated by culture. Spanning approximately 170 years of opera production in Australia, the authors show how the emotions associated with the specific cultural context of a nation steeped in egalitarian aspirations and marked by increasing levels of multiculturalism have adjusted to changing cultural and social contexts across time. Volume I adopts an historical, predominantly nineteenth-century perspective, while Volume II applies historical, musicological, and ethnological approaches to discuss subsequent Australian operas and opera productions through to the twenty-first century. With final chapters pulling threads from the two volumes together, Opera, Emotion, and the Antipodes establishes a model for constructing emotion history from multiple disciplinary perspectives.

#MeToo for Women and Men - Understanding Power through Sexual Harassment (Hardcover): Jane Meyrick #MeToo for Women and Men - Understanding Power through Sexual Harassment (Hardcover)
Jane Meyrick
R4,064 Discovery Miles 40 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Provides an overview of sexual violence and an accessible guide to the #MeToo movement Identifies patterns of sexual harassment and considers how sexual bullying can be used to express power Using first-person accounts alongside evidence of both individual behaviours and the ways the topic is dealt with in laws, institutions, cultures and organisations, the book ensures that voices of survivors and their experiences are emphasised throughout

Handbook for Provisional Psychologists in Training - Psychological Practice and Supervision (Hardcover): Alexa Kambouropoulos,... Handbook for Provisional Psychologists in Training - Psychological Practice and Supervision (Hardcover)
Alexa Kambouropoulos, Connie Harris
R4,055 Discovery Miles 40 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

* Brings together all the essential information that is required to understand and participate in the Master of Professional Psychology Degree into one book * Offers practical advice that will help to guide trainees through their internship year * Covers all aspects of practice for trainees in a clear and accessible way

Empathy and Reading - Affect, Impact, and the Co-Creating Reader (Paperback): Suzanne Keen Empathy and Reading - Affect, Impact, and the Co-Creating Reader (Paperback)
Suzanne Keen
R1,425 Discovery Miles 14 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This pioneering collection brings together Suzanne Keen's extensive body of work on empathy and reading, charting the development of narrative empathy as an area of inquiry in its own right and extending cross-disciplinary conversations about empathy evoked by reading. Ambitious in scope, this book brings different strands of the author's research into conversation with existing debates, with the aim of inspiring future interdisciplinary research on narrative empathy.

Empathy and Reading - Affect, Impact, and the Co-Creating Reader (Hardcover): Suzanne Keen Empathy and Reading - Affect, Impact, and the Co-Creating Reader (Hardcover)
Suzanne Keen
R4,084 Discovery Miles 40 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This pioneering collection brings together Suzanne Keen's extensive body of work on empathy and reading, charting the development of narrative empathy as an area of inquiry in its own right and extending cross-disciplinary conversations about empathy evoked by reading. Ambitious in scope, this book brings different strands of the author's research into conversation with existing debates, with the aim of inspiring future interdisciplinary research on narrative empathy.

Straight Choices - The Psychology of Decision Making (Hardcover, 3rd edition): Ben R. Newell, David A. Lagnado, David R. Shanks Straight Choices - The Psychology of Decision Making (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
Ben R. Newell, David A. Lagnado, David R. Shanks
R4,095 Discovery Miles 40 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Straight Choices provides a fascinating introduction to the psychology of decision making, enhanced by discussion of relevant examples of decision problems faced in everyday life. Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, this edition provides an integrative account of the psychology of decision-making and shows how psychological research can help us understand our uncertain world. The book emphasizes the relationship between learning and decision-making, arguing that the best way to understand how and why decisions are made is in the context of the learning and knowledge acquisition which precedes them, and the feedback which follows. The mechanisms of learning and the structure of environments in which decisions are made are carefully examined to explore their impact on our choices. The authors then consider whether we are all constrained to fall prey to cognitive biases, or whether, with sufficient exposure, we can find optimal decision strategies and improve our decision making. This edition highlights advances made in judgment and decision making research, with additional coverage of behavioral insights, nudging, artificial intelligence, and explanation-based decision making. Written in a non-technical manner, this book is an essential read for all students and researchers in cognitive psychology, behavioral economics, and the decision sciences, as well as anyone interested in the nature of decision making.

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