Reasoning, judging, deciding : the science of thinking /: the science of thinking. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Colin Wastell, Stephanie Howarth.
• Authors: Wastell, Colin, 1953-; Howarth, Stephanie
• Contents: Chapter 1. Inheritors of the Enlightenment; Chapter 2. A Cognitive Revolution? When the mind began to matter!; Chapter 3. Thinking Under Uncertainty: Expected Utility Theory; Chapter 4. Prospect Theory: Heuristics and some biases; Chapter 5. Ecological Rationality: Are humans effective thinkers?; Chapter 6. Dual Process Models: Is the mind made up of two components?; Chapter 7. Mind: Modular and Extended: Is the mind made up of many components, internal and external?; Chapter 8. Deduction, Induction, Abduction: Reasoning formal and speculative; Chapter 9. Problem Solving Including Analogical Reasoning: Learning to answer the question that is asked!; Chapter 10. Imagination: The play space of the mind; Chapter 11. Nudge: Making good outcomes more common; Chapter 12. Expertise: How do experts think?; Chapter 13. Moral Reasoning: How do people decide on what is right?; Chapter 14. Cognitive Science of Religion: What can models of the mind tell us about belief in the supernatural?; Chapter 15. Artificial Intelligence: Computer thinking: What kind of thinking can computers really do?; Chapter 16. Argumentative Theory: Is the construction of arguments central to human thinking?; Chapter 17. Three Thinking Illusions: How much of our thinking is done alone?; Chapter 18. Thinking and Uncertainty: What effect does not knowing for certain have on our thinking?; Chapter 19. Thinking Scientifically: Easy or hard?; Chapter 20. Conspiratorial Thinking: Why are people so suspicious of governments and big business?; Chapter 21. Sceptical Thinking: How to avoid being duped by fake news!;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 153.4; Thought and thinking; Reasoning (Psychology)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781529776133; 9781529776157
• Related ISBNs: 9781526491084; 9781526491077
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