This book should be read bu all scientists interested in understanding human behaviour on decision making, or in knowing the limites of human inference under uncertainty in order to provide statistical information in an understandable manner.
Marta Posada, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
Gerd Gigerenzer's influential work examines the rationality of individuals not from the perspective of logic or probability, but from the point of view of adaptation to the real world of human behavior and interaction with the environment. Seen from this perspective, human behavior is more rational than it might otherwise appear. This work is extremely influential and has spawned an entire research program.
This volume (which follows on a previous collection, Adaptive Thinking, also published by OUP) collects his most recent articles, looking at how people use "fast and frugal heuristics" to calculate probability and risk and make decisions. It includes a newly writen, substantial introduction, and the articles have been revised and updated where appropriate. This volume should appeal, like the earlier volumes, to a broad mixture of cognitive psychologists, philosophers, economists, and others who study decision making.
Les mer
This volume collects Gigerenzer's recent articles on the psychology of rationality. This volume should appeal, like the earlier volumes, to a broad mixture of cognitive psychologists, philosophers, economists, and others who study decision making.
Les mer
Preface ; 1. Bounded and Rational ; 2. Fast and Frugal heuristics ; 3. Rules of Thumb in Animals and Humans ; 4. I Think, Therefore I Err ; 5. Striking a Blow for Sanity in Theories of Rationality ; 6. Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fire ; 7. What's in a Sample? A Manual for Building Cognitive Theories ; 8. "A 30% Chance of Rain Tomorrow" ; 9. Simple Tools for Understanding Risks: From Innumeracy to Insight ; 10. The Evolution of Statistical Thinking ; 11. Mindless Statistics ; 12. Children Can Solve Bayesian Problems ; 13. In the year 2054" Innumeracy Defeated ; References ; Subject Index ; Name index
Les mer
"Gerd Gigerenzer has created new, pathbreaking ways of thinking about human rationality. His ideas build on one another and are best seen as part of a coherent whole that is when the nature of his arguments emerges most clearly."-- Leda Cosmides, University of California Santa Barbara
Les mer
Selling point: The sequel to Gigerenzer's volume Adaptive Thinking
Selling point: Gigerenzer is an influential social psychologist
Selling point: The sequel to Gigerenzer's volume Adaptive Thinking
Selling point: Gigerenzer is an influential social psychologist
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780195328981
Publisert
2008
Utgiver
Oxford University Press Inc
Vekt
549 gr
Høyde
152 mm
Bredde
229 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
256
Forfatter