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| Author(s): | B. R. Newell, D. A. Lagnado and D. R. Shanks |
| Publisher: | Psychology Press |
| ISBN: | 9781841695884 |
| Format: | hardback |
| 252pp | |
| Price: | £29.95 |
| Review Date: | 13 January 2009 |
| Review: | Decisions are the result of the learning that precedes them and the feedback that follows. They are informed by our experiences and the success or failure of the result of each decision yields information for our stock of experiences for use in the future. This book introduces the psychology of decision-making, with illustrations of decision-making problems from every-day life. These show the clear connections between empirical results and how these results can help us to understand our uncertain world. The mechanisms for learning and the structure of the environment in which a decision is made are examined, exploring the ways in which the choices were made. The authors consider whether we are all constrained to fall prey to biases, or whether we can find optimal decision strategies to improve our decision-making. |