Psychological Investigations of Competence in Decision Making
Psychological Investigations of Competence in Decision Making
Kip Smith, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden
James Shanteau, Kansas State University
Paul Johnson, University of Minnesota
James Shanteau, Kansas State University
Paul Johnson, University of Minnesota
June 2011
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This book opens up new directions in judgment and decision making research. Our society and academic research have largely neglected the fact that sound judgment and decision making are the crux of many professions. This volume explores metacognitive processes as an enabler of competence at decision making. Offering a new analysis of competence, by understanding and communicating what professional decision makers do, this book provides valuable contributions to the judgement/decision making field as well as the professional community at large.
- Introduces three task-general sources of competent decision making in a wide variety of professional domains
- Relevant to both judgement/decision researchers and to cognitive/social scientists interested in decision behaviour. Useful to graduate students as well as established researchers
- Contributions from some of the biggest names in the field as well as some of the brightest rising stars
Reviews & endorsements
"The chapters are well written and engaging....Useful for researchers of decision making and metacognition." Contemporary Psychology
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June 2011Paperback
9780521307185
254 pages
229 × 152 × 15 mm
0.38kg
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Table of Contents
- Introduction Kip Smith, James Shanteau and Paul Johnson
- Part I. Metacognition - Self:
- 1. The conversion decision in minimally invasive surgery: knowing your limits and limiting your risks Cynthia Dominguez, John Flach, Patricia Lake, Daniel McKellar and Margaret Dunn
- 2. Competence in weather forecasting Rebecca Pliske, Beth Crandall and Gary Klein
- Part II. Metacognition - Others:
- 3. Managing Risk in Social Exchange Stefano Grazioli, Kip Smith and Paul Johnson
- 4. Emergency decision making Jan Skriver, Rhona Flin and Lynne Martin
- 5. Designing for competence Patricia Jones
- Part III. Enablers of Competence:
- 6. Argumentation and decisions David Hardman and Peter Ayton
- 7. Representation of uncertainty and change: three case studies with experts Elke Kurz, Gerd Gigerenzer and Ulrich Hoffrage
- 8. The rise of consensus and the virtue of consistency David Weiss and James Shanteau.
