What We Know about Heuristics and Biases: Learning, Work, and Everyday Life

by Gerald Matthews, Rebecca Rhodes, Richard D. Roberts, et al.

People often rely on mental shortcuts, known as heuristics, to help them make judgments and decisions quickly and efficiently. While, generally, these heuristics lead to accurate judgments, in certain circumstances, heuristics can bias problem-solving and decision-making producing errors with serious consequences. What We Know About Heuristics and Biases introduces the literature on heuristics and provides an assessment tool designed to obviate these...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138946869
• ISBN13: 9781138946866
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Routledge