Thinking and Reasoning Arena

Cognitive Assessment

An Introduction to the Rule Space Method

• By Kikumi K. Tatsuoka

This book introduces a new methodology for the analysis of test results. Free from ambiguous interpretations, the results truly demonstrate an individual’s progress. The methodology...

Published May 22nd 2009 by Routledge Academic.

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Judging Merit

• By Warren Thorngate, Robyn M. Dawes, Margaret Foddy

Merit-based tests and contests have become popular methods for allocating rewards – from trophies to contracts, jobs to grants, admissions to licenses. With origins in...

Published November 24th 2008 by Psychology Press.

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Rationality and Social Responsibility

Essays in Honor of Robyn Mason Dawes

• Edited by Joachim I. Krueger

This volume brings together a diverse group of authors who have been associated with Robyn Dawes over the years. The breadth of topics covered reflects...

Published April 9th 2008 by Psychology Press.

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Aspects of Rationality

Reflections on What It Means To Be Rational and Whether We Are

• By Raymond S. Nickerson

What does it mean to be rational – to reason well and effectively? How does rationality, broadly conceived, relate to the knowledge one acquires, the...

Published November 19th 2007 by Psychology Press.

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Cognition and Extended Rational Choice

• By Howard Margolis

One of the most exciting recent innovations in the social sciences has been the emergence of 'behaviour economics', which extends the notion of rational choice...

Published October 25th 2007 by Routledge.

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Intuition in Judgment and Decision Making

• Edited by Henning Plessner, Cornelia Betsch, Tilmann Betsch

The central goal of this volume is to bring the learning perspective into the discussion of intuition in judgment and decision making. The book gathers...

Published October 1st 2007 by Psychology Press.

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Straight Choices

The Psychology of Decision Making

• By Benjamin R. Newell, David A. Lagnado, David R. Shanks

We all face a perplexing array of decisions every day. Straight Choices provides an integrative account of the psychology of decision making, in which clear...

Published June 14th 2007 by Psychology Press.

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Thinking With Data

• Edited by Marsha C. Lovett, Priti Shah

The chapters in Thinking With Data are based on presentations given at the 33rd Carnegie Symposium on Cognition. The Symposium was motivated by the confluence...

Published May 22nd 2007 by Psychology Press.

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Expertise Out of Context

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Naturalistic Decision Making

• Edited by Robert R. Hoffman

Researchers have revealed that real expertise, while applied to well-defined tasks with highly circumscribed contexts, often stretches beyond its routine boundaries. For example, a medical...

Published May 22nd 2007 by CRC Press.

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Hypothetical Thinking

Dual Processes in Reasoning and Judgement

• By Jonathan St. B. T. Evans

Hypothetical thought involves the imagination of possibilities and the exploration of their consequences by a process of mental simulation. Using a recently developed theoretical framework...

Published May 17th 2007 by Psychology Press.

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