Behavioral Decision Theory - A New Approach (Hardcover)

This book discusses the well-known fallacies of behavioral decision theory. It shows that while an investigator is studying a fallacy, he or she may introduce without realizing it, one of the simple biases that are found in quantifying judgments. The work covers such fallacies as the apparent overconfidence that people show when they judge the probability of correctness of their answers to two-choice general knowledge questions using a one-sided rating scale; the apparent overconfidence in setting uncertainty bounds on unknown quantities when using the fractile method; the interactions between hindsight and memory; the belief that small samples are as reliable and as representative as are large samples; the conjunction fallacy for Linda and Bill; the causal conjunction fallacy; the regression fallacy in prediction; the neglect of the base rate in the Cab problem, in predicting professions, and in the Medical Diagnosis problem; the availability and simulation fallacies; the anchoring and adjustment biases; Prospect theory; and bias by frames. The aim of this book is to help readers to learn about the fallacies and to avoid them.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	E. C. Poulton
Dimensions:	237 x 160 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-44368-5
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Probability & statistics Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-44368-7
Barcode:	9780521443685

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