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| Title: | Psychology of Decision Making in Legal, Health Care & Science Settings
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| Author: | Gloria R Burthold (ed) |
| ISBN: | 1600219322 : 9781600219320 |
| Illustrations: | tables & charts |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 180x260mm |
| Pages: | 267 |
| Weight: | .77 Kg. |
| Published: | Nova Science Publishers - January 2008 |
| List Price: | 85.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | PSYCHOLOGY: Decision theory: general: LAW: MEDICINE: MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE |
In a fast-moving world, the necessity of making decisions, and preferably good ones, has become even more difficult. One reason is the variety and number of choices perhaps available which often are not presented or understood. Alternatives are often unclear and complex paths to them confusing and misleading. Thus the process of decision making itself requires analysis on an ongoing basis. Decision making is often made based on cultural factors whereas the best alternative might be quite different. The subject touches ethical aspects as well as psychological considerations. This book presents important research on the psychology of decision making related to law and law enforcement, health care and science.
Preface; Applications of Science-based Decision-making: Medicine, Environment and International Affairs; Decision Making in the Iowa Gambling Task; Death Qualification and Jury Decision Making in Capital Trials from a Social Dominance Orientation Perspective; If Looks Could Kill: Identifying Trial Outcomes of Murder Cases Based on the Appearances of Capital Offenders Shown in Black-and-white Photographs; Multiple Causes of the Sunk-Cost Effect; Effects of Stress, Language and Culture on Decision-making in the Critical Care Environment; Use of the High Performance Development Model in Decision-Making; The Impact of Note-taking and Justice-vengeance Motives on Juror Decision-making in a Criminal Murder Trial; Development and Application of Feedback-Systems to Support Clinical Decision Making in Outpatient Psychotherapy; Can Consolidation and Reconsolidation Determine the Dynamics of the Ranking of Memories in Decision-Making Processes?; Experts and Laypersons' Decision Making Processes in Information-rich Settings: The case of HR Selection; Index.
