Judgment and Decision Making

Teachers of judgment and decision making can be found in psychology departments, business schools, economics departments, political science departments, medical schools, engineering schools, departments of social work, and yes, other places. Therefore, it will be no surprise to learn that there are few books on this topic that are prepared for the general reader - one who wishes to be introduced to the topic without becoming fully immersed in the substantive details of any one area of application. But because the topic of judgment and decision making is of great interest to almost everyone, its applications touching almost every human endeavor, a general introduction to this topic is bound to be useful. We have included 43 chapters organized in terms of 9 areas of application. Because our aim is one of introduction, we have not included any material (with the exception of one part) that requires anything more than en elementary understanding of algebra and statistics. Each part contains a brief introduction to the material included in it.