Research Catalog

Title

Thinking and deciding / Jonathan Baron.

Author

Baron, Jonathan, 1944-

Publication

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

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Details

Description

xiii, 588 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

A thorough examination of the psychology of thinking and decision making.

Subject

• Thought and thinking
• Decision making
• Thinking
• Decision Making
• thinking
• decision making
• Decision making
• Thought and thinking
• Denken
• Entscheidung
• Psychologie
• Denken
• Besluitvorming

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 534-571) and indexes.

Contents

Part I. Thinking in general. What is thinking? -- The study of thinking -- Good thinking: the nature of rationality -- Problem solving -- Learning: basic processes -- Learning: complex material -- Intelligence and creativity -- The teaching of thinking -- Formal logic -- Logic and everyday reasoning. Part II. Probability and belief. Normative theory of probability -- Descriptive theory of probability judgment -- Hypothesis testing -- Judgment of correlation and contingency -- Biases and belief. Part III. Decisions and plans. Normative theory of utility and choice -- Decision analysis and utility measurement -- Descriptive theory of choice under uncertainty -- Description of choice under certainty -- Quantitative judgment -- Moral thinking -- Fairness and justice -- Social dilemmas: cooperation versus defection -- Decisions about the future.

ISBN

• 052143131X
• 9780521431316
• 0521437326
• 9780521437325

LCCN

93046230

OCLC

• ocm29548316
• 29548316
• SCSB-2040271

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library