Psychological Investigations of Competence in Decision Making

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Kip Smith, James Shanteau, Paul Johnson
Cambridge University Press, May 3, 2004 - Education - 243 pages
This book opens up new directions in judgment and decision making research. Our society and academic research generally 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. By understanding and communicating what professional decision makers do and how they do it well, and so offering a new analysis of competence, this book offers valuable contributions both to the judgement/decision making field and to the professional community at large.
 

Contents

Contributors page ix
1
Three Case
7
Competence in Weather Forecasting
40
Managing Risk in Social Exchange
71
Emergency Decision Making
124
Designing for Competence
149
Arguments and Decisions
163
The Vice of Consensus and the Virtue of Consistency
226
Index
241
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Paul Johnson lives in London.

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