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  • Simple Heuristics that Make Us Smart

    by Gerd Gigerenzer, Peter M. Todd, ABC Research Group ...
    Series series Evolution and Cognition
    Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart invites readers to embark on a new journey into a land of rationality that differs from the familiar territory of cognitive science and economics. Traditional views of rationality tend to see decision makers as possessing superhuman powers of reason, limitless knowledge, and all of eternity in which to ponder choices. To understand decisions in the real world, ... Read more

    $59.39 USD

  • Simple Heuristics in a Social World

    Edited by Ralph Hertwig, Ulrich Hoffrage, ABC Research Group ...
    Series series Evolution and Cognition
    Simple Heuristics in a Social World invites readers to discover the simple heuristics that people use to navigate the complexities and surprises of environments populated with others. The social world is a terrain where humans and other animals compete with conspecifics for myriad resources, including food, mates, and status, and where rivals grant the decision maker little time for deep thought, ... Read more

    $135.89 USD

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  • What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought

    by Keith E. Stanovich ...
    Critics of intelligence tests—writers such as Robert Sternberg, Howard Gardner, and Daniel Goleman—have argued in recent years that these tests neglect important qualities such as emotion, empathy, and interpersonal skills. However, such critiques imply that though intelligence tests may miss certain key noncognitive areas, they encompass most of what is important in the cognitive domain. In this ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Rationality for Mortals

    How People Cope with Uncertainty

    by Gerd Gigerenzer ...
    Series series Evolution and Cognition
    Gerd Gigerenzer's influential work examines the rationality of individuals not from the perspective of logic or probability, but from the point of view of adaptation to the real world of human behavior and interaction with the environment. Seen from this perspective, human behavior is more rational than it might otherwise appear. This work is extremely influential and has spawned an entire ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Homo Prospectus

    by Martin E. P. Seligman, Peter Railton, Roy F. Baumeister, Chandra Sripada ...
    Our species is misnamed. Though sapiens defines human beings as "wise" what humans do especially well is to prospect the future. We are homo prospectus. In this book, Martin E. P. Seligman, Peter Railton, Roy F. Baumeister, and Chandra Sripada argue it is anticipating and evaluating future possibilities for the guidance of thought and action that is the cornerstone of human success. Much of the ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Beyond Pleasure and Pain

    How Motivation Works

    by E. Tory Higgins ...
    Series series Social Cognition and Social Neuroscience
    How does motivation work? Scientific research shows that people are motivated to be effective in different ways that go beyond the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain. In this text, E. Tory Higgins provides a new theory of motivation that argues that people are motivated by the pursuit of value, truth, and control, but the central story to motivation lies in how these elements work ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Heuristics and Biases

    The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment

    Edited by Thomas Gilovich, Dale Griffin, Daniel Kahneman ...
    Is our case strong enough to go to trial? Will interest rates go up? Can I trust this person? Such questions - and the judgments required to answer them - are woven into the fabric of everyday experience. This book, first published in 2002, examines how people make such judgments. The study of human judgment was transformed in the 1970s, when Kahneman and Tversky introduced their 'heuristics and ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Stress and Emotion

    A New Synthesis

    by Richard S. Lazarus, PhD ...
    This volume is a sequel to the landmark work that established an exciting new field of study, Stress, Appraisal and Coping (Lazarus and Folkman, 1984). The author now explores the newest trends in research and theory, focusing on the rationale for a cognitive-mediational approach to stress and emotions.He makes clear distinctions between social stress, physiological stress, and psychological ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Patterns in Interpersonal Interactions

    Inviting Relational Understandings for Therapeutic Change

    Edited by Karl Tomm, Sally St. George, Dan Wulff, Tom Strong ...
    Series series Routledge Series on Family Therapy and Counseling
    In this book we present a comprehensive view of a systemic approach to working with families, initiated by Karl Tomm more than two decades ago at the Calgary Family Therapy Centre in Canada. The contributors of this edited book articulate the IPscope framework as it was originally designed and its evolution over time. We invite you, experienced professionals and new family therapists, to join with ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Theories in Social Psychology

    Edited by Derek Chadee ...
    Theories in Social Psychology is an edited volume that identifies and discusses in-depth the important theoretical perspectives and theories that underlie the discipline of social psychology.The only current book focusing specifically on the theories within social psychologyBrings together a range of distinguished scholars in the field of social psychology – including Bertram F. Malle, Paul R. ... Read more

    $106.00 USD

  • Judgment and Decision Making

    by Baruch Fischhoff ...
    Series series Earthscan Risk in Society
    Behavioral decision research offers a distinctive approach to understanding and improving decision making. It combines theory and method from multiple disciples (psychology, economics, statistics, decision theory, management science). It employs both empirical methods, to study how decisions are actually made, and analytical ones, to study how decisions should be made and how consequential ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, Volume 2

    Integrations

    Edited by David M. Buss ...
    A complete exploration of the real-world applications and implications of evolutionary psychologyThe exciting and sometimes controversial science of evolutionary psychology is becoming increasingly relevant to more fields of study than ever before. The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, Volume 2, Integrations provides students and researchers with new insight into how EP draws from, and is ... Read more

    $186.00 USD