The Nature And Development Of Decision Making

Author : James P. Byrnes
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135809046
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nature and Development of Decision-making written by James P. Byrnes and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although everyone has goals, only some people successfully attain their respective goals on a regular basis. With this in mind, the author attempts to answer the question of why some people are more successful than others. He begins with the assumption that the key to personal success is effective decision-making, and then utilizes his own theory--The Self-Regulation Model--to explain the origin and nature of individual differences in decision-making competence. The author also summarizes a number of existing models of decision-making and risk-taking. This book has two primary goals: * to provide a comprehensive review of the developmental literature on the decision-making skills of children, adolescents, and adults, and * to propose a theoretical model of decision-making skill that offers a better description of this skill than prior accounts. Taken together, the literature review and theoretical model help the reader acquire a clear sense of the development of decision-making skills as well as reasons for the developmental differences that seem to emerge.

Author : Richard W. Morris
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128120991
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Goal-Directed Decision Making written by Richard W. Morris and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2018-08-23 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Goal-Directed Decision Making: Computations and Neural Circuits examines the role of goal-directed choice. It begins with an examination of the computations performed by associated circuits, but then moves on to in-depth examinations on how goal-directed learning interacts with other forms of choice and response selection. This is the only book that embraces the multidisciplinary nature of this area of decision-making, integrating our knowledge of goal-directed decision-making from basic, computational, clinical, and ethology research into a single resource that is invaluable for neuroscientists, psychologists and computer scientists alike. The book presents discussions on the broader field of decision-making and how it has expanded to incorporate ideas related to flexible behaviors, such as cognitive control, economic choice, and Bayesian inference, as well as the influences that motivation, context and cues have on behavior and decision-making. Details the neural circuits functionally involved in goal-directed decision-making and the computations these circuits perform Discusses changes in goal-directed decision-making spurred by development and disorders, and within real-world applications, including social contexts and addiction Synthesizes neuroscience, psychology and computer science research to offer a unique perspective on the central and emerging issues in goal-directed decision-making

Author : Janis E. Jacobs
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135633525
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Development of Judgment and Decision Making in Children and Adolescents written by Janis E. Jacobs and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2006-04-21 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, newspaper articles, television specials, and other media events have focused on the numerous hard decisions faced by today's youth, often pointing to teen pregnancy, drug use, and delinquency as evidence of faulty judgment. Over the past 10 years, many groups - including parents, educators, policymakers, and researchers - have become concerned about the decision-making abilities of children and adolescents, asking why they make risky choices, how they can be taught to be better decision makers, and what types of age-related changes occur in decision making. This book serves as a starting point for those interested in considering new ways of thinking about the development of these issues. The purpose is to bring together the voices of several authors who are conducting cutting-edge research and developing new theoretical perspectives related to the development of judgment and decision making. The Development of Judgment and Decision Making in Children and Adolescents is divided into three parts: Part I presents three distinctive developmental models that offer different explanations of "what develops" and the relative importance of different cognitive components and experiential components that may be important for developing judgment and decision making skills. Part II emphasizes the emotional, cultural, and social aspects of decision making--three topics that have been influential in the adult literature on judgment and decision making but are just beginning to be explored in the developmental area. Part III provides three examples of research that applies developmental and decision making models to practical research questions. This book is intended for the professional market or for graduate courses on decision making or cognitive or social development.

Author : Mandeep K. Dhami
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521767814
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Judgment and Decision Making as a Skill written by Mandeep K. Dhami and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies how human judgment and decision making may evolve, develop and be learned or trained.

Author : Richard W. Pew
Publisher : National Academies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Research Needs for Human Factors written by Richard W. Pew and published by National Academies. This book was released on 1983 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Eric J. Bolland
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786430169
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Decision Making and Business Performance written by Eric J. Bolland and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This breakthrough study examines how business decisions explain successful and unsuccessful performance. Real world and academic research is evaluated, including interviews and cases studies, to create a model of how decisions and performance are connected for businesses of all sizes. Recommendations are made to optimize decision making and projections about the future of decision making and performance are provided.

Author : David Hardman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405123982
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Judgment and Decision Making written by David Hardman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-02-09 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judgment and Decision Making is a refreshingly accessible text that explores the wide variety of ways people make judgments. An accessible examination of the wide variety of ways people make judgments Features up-to-date theoretical coverage, including perspectives from evolutionary psychology and neuroscience Covers dynamic decision making, everyday decision making, individual differences, group decision making, and the nature of mind and brain in relation to judgment and decision making Illustrates key concepts with boxed case studies and cartoons

Author : Lauri Järvilehto
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319181769
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nature and Function of Intuitive Thought and Decision Making written by Lauri Järvilehto and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-09 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the very nature and function of intuitive thought. It presents an up-to-date scientific model on how the non-conscious and intuitive thought processes work in human beings. The model is based on mainstream theorizing on intuition, as well as qualitative meta-analysis of the empirical data available in the research literature. It combines recent work in the fields of philosophy of mind, cognitive psychology and positive psychology. While systematic research in intuition is relatively new, there is an abundance of positions advocating more or less imaginative ideas of what intuition is about, ranging from quantum mechanical phenomena to new age ideologies. Research in the past few decades, in particular by proponents of the dual processing theory of thought such as Daniel Kahneman and Jonathan Evans, offers powerful tools to address and evaluate the question of intuition without the need to resort to spiritual entities. Within the framework of the dual processing theory, backed up by findings in positive psychology, intuition turns out to be the capacity to carry out complex cognitive operations within a specific domain of operations familiar to the agent.

Author : Mandeep K. Dhami
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781139206167
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Judgment and Decision Making as a Skill written by Mandeep K. Dhami and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Our scientific understanding of human Judgment and Decision Making (JDM) has grown considerably over the past 60 years in terms of the normative benchmarks (or standards) by which we assess performance, the descriptive models we use to describe JDM, and the prescriptive solutions we offer to improve JDM. Indeed, policy and practice in several domains such as education, management, and medicine have benefited from the findings of JDM research. Nevertheless, the vast majority of the theoretical literature and empirical research has discussed human JDM with little reference to its changing or dynamic nature. This is partly due to the historic coincidence that the field of JDM developed in competition with static economic models, such as expected utility theory, and to limiting methodological commitments such as investigating JDM in single-trial, cross-sectional studies with the primary focus on cognitively fully functioning adults"--

Author : Dawna Jones
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118847539
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Decision Making For Dummies written by Dawna Jones and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the best approaches for making business decisions Today's business leaders have to face the facts—you can'tseparate leadership from decision making. The importance of makingdecisions, no matter how big or small, cannot be overstated.Decision Making For Dummies is a candid resource that helpsleaders understand the impact of their choices, not only onbusiness, but also on their credibility and reputation. Designedfor managers, business owners, and anyone else who makes toughdecisions on a daily basis, this guide helps you figure out if thedecisions you're making are the right ones. In addition to helping you explore how to evaluate your choices,Decision Making For Dummies covers ways to receive supportfor decision making, delves into various decision-making styles,reviews the importance of sifting through data and information, andincludes information on ways to engage others and make decisionscollectively. Being in charge can be challenging, but with thisguide, you don't have to go it alone. Discusses the effects of decision making and outlines theconsiderations that must be made to gain trust and confidence Demonstrates ways to communicate particularly sensitivedecisions, and offers approaches for making bold decisions thatchallenge the status quo Delves into the risks and benefits of certain decisions, andshows readers the best ways to evaluate choices Outlines smart strategies for engaging others and drawing theminto the decision-making process Crucial decisions need to be made every day in the businessworld, so there's no time to waste. Make Decision Making ForDummies your primary resource for learning to choose youractions wisely and confidently.