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| Title: | Psychology of Decision Making in Education, Behavior & High Risk Situations
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| Author: | Jeanine A Elsworth |
| ISBN: | 1600219330 : 9781600219337 |
| Illustrations: | tables & charts |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 180x260mm |
| Pages: | 298 |
| Weight: | .834 Kg. |
| Published: | Nova Science Publishers - November 2007 |
| List Price: | 85.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | PSYCHOLOGY: Decision theory: general: EDUCATION |
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 ethics aspects as well as psychological considerations. This book presents important research on the psychology of decision making related to education, behaviour and high risk situations.
Toward a Comparison-Induced Distortion Theory of Judgement and Decision Making; Analysis and Decision Making Models in the Process of the Assimilation of Change and Innovation in Learning Systems; Driving Dangerously: Motives Underlying Young Men's Decision to Engage in Risky Driving; Comparing Risky and Inter-Temporal Decisions: Views from Psychology, Ecology and Microeconomics; Project Towards No Drug Abuse (TND): A Needs Assessment of a Social Service Referral Telephone Program for High Risk Youth; An Error-Minimising Rule for Animal Decision-Making Under Uncertainty; Risk Management Decision-Making in a High Risk Recreational Activity: Lessons from Mountaineering; Deciding about Risky Prospects: A Psychological Descriptive Approach; Exploring Gender Differences in Decision-Making using the Iowa Gambling Task; Young Children's Decisions about the Power of Inference; The Role of Filial Piety in the Career Decision Processes of Postgraduate Students in China; Deciding Who To Mate With: Do Female Finches Follow Fashion?; Developmental Trends in Decision Making: The Case of the Monty Hall Dilemma; Index.
