Psychological Investigations of Competence in Decision Making

by Paul E. Johnson and Kip Smith

Book Overview

The premise of this book is that most activity in everyday life and work is based on tasks that are novel, infrequent in our experience, or variable with respect to the action to be taken. Such tasks require decisions to be made and actions taken in the face of ambiguous or incomplete information. Time pressure is frequently great and penalties for failure are severe. Examples include investing in markets, controlling industrial accidents, and detecting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052130718X
• ISBN13: 9780521307185
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"