Thinking: Psychological Perspective On Reasoning, Judgement And Decision Making

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The first international handbook to bring the areas of reasoning, judgment and decision making together, now in paperback format.The book brings three of the important topics of thinking together - reasoning, judgment and decision making ??? and discusses key issues in each area. The studies described range from those that are purely laboratory based to those that involve experts making real world judgments, in areas such as medical and legal decision making and political and economic forecasting.International collection of original chapters by leading researchers in the fieldSeveral chapters contain important new theoretical perspectivesPaperback version is more affordable for individual researchers

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Thinking: Psychological Perspectives on Reasoning, Judgment and Decision Making Thinking: Psychological Perspectives on Reasoning, Judgment and Decision Making. Edited by David Hardman and Laura Macchi.  C 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBN 0-471-49457-7 Thinking: Psychological Perspectives on Reasoning, Judgment and Decision Making Edited by David Hardman London Metropolitan University, UK and Laura Macchi University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy JOHN WILEY & SONS, LTD C 2003 John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Copyright  The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 8SQ, England Telephone (+44) 1243 779777 Email (for orders and customer service enquiries): [email protected] Visit our Home Page on www.wileyeurope.com or www.wiley.com All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP, UK, without the permission in writing of the Publisher. Requests to the Publisher should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 8SQ, England, or emailed to [email protected], or faxed to (+44) 1243 770620. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold on the understanding that the Publisher is not engaged in rendering professional services. If professional advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Other Wiley Editorial Offices John Wiley & Sons Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA Jossey-Bass, 989 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-1741, USA Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, Boschstr. 12, D-69469 Weinheim, Germany John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd, 33 Park Road, Milton, Queensland 4064, Australia John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd, 2 Clementi Loop #02-01, Jin Xing Distripark, Singapore 129809 John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd, 22 Worcester Road, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada M9W 1L1 Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Thinking: psychological perspectives on reasoning, judgment and decision making / edited by David Hardman and Laura Macchi. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-471-49457-7 1. Thought and thinking. 2. Reasoning (Psychology) 3. Judgment. 4. Decision making. i. Hardman, David. ii. Macchi, Laura, 1961– BF 441.T466 2003 153.4−dc21 2003003951 British Library Cata
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