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Title

Applications of heuristics and biases to social issues / edited by Linda Heath ... [et al.].

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Additional Authors

• Heath, Linda.
• Loyola University Chicago. Applied Social Psychology Graduate Program.
• Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.

Description

xix, 343 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

• Adopting a cross-disciplinary approach to the study of various theories, contributions apply heuristics and biases to such key issues as genetic testing, the controversy over supplying clean needles to drug users to prevent the spread of AIDS, medical decisions by both doctors and patients, therapists' perceptions of diagnostic accuracy, judges' sentencing decisions, perceptions of tax audits, workers' perceptions of jobs and leadership, and the views of the public and policymakers on affirmative action.
• Applications of Heuristics and Biases to Social Issues thoroughly examines these social psychological constructs and explores their importance in the areas of health, law, education, and organizations.
• Other chapters describe the development of heuristic reasoning among elementary school children, examine the effect of heuristics on decisions about environmental issues across childhood, and outline a heuristic framework for college-choice decisions. This book will be valuable for practitioners in the social problems field, basic and applied social scientists, and for students in such courses as applied psychology and social cognition.
• Validating the existence of heuristic influence on decision making and in real-world applications would create a powerful tool for understanding, predicting, and perhaps even correcting decisions made under situations of uncertainty.

Series Statement

Social psychological applications to social issues ; v. 3

Subjects

• Decision Making
• Psychology, Applied
• Prejudice
• Decision making
• Heuristic
• Prejudices

ISBN

0306447509

LCCN

94029029

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries