Psychology of Decision Making

Klappentext

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.

Inhalt

Preface; Coronary Pressure Measurement in Decision Making for Equivocal left Main Coronary Artery Disease; Antiterrorist Emergency Ventilation: System, Strategy and Decision-Making; Decision-Making in A Structured Connectionist Agent Architecture; Cognitive Dysfunction in Cocaine Abuse: Evidence for Impairments in Impulse Control and Decision-Making; Expert Systems, GIS, and Spatial Decision Making: Current Practices and New Trends; Development of Response Inhibition and Decision-Making Across Childhood: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective; Enabling Pregnant Women to Participate in Informed Decision-Making Regarding their Labour Analgesia; Adolescent Decision-Making about Substance Use: A Video-Based Assessment; Interprofessional Decision Making in Elderly Care: Morality, Criteria and Help Allocation; Analysing the Effects of Morality Salience on Prejudice and Decision-Taking; Index.