Thinking and Decision Making

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Decks in this class (24)

Lecture 2
Cognitive dissonance theory,
Self perception theory,
Two kinds of dissonance
17  cards
Lecture 3
Judgment,
Decision making,
Judgment vs decision
11  cards
Lecture 4
Value,
Expected value,
Utility
17  cards
Lecture 5-6
Why study normative models,
Why study normative models,
Objective standards
33  cards
Lecture 7
Law of large numbers,
Law of small numbers,
Local representativeness
12  cards
Lecture 8
Decision making in a risky world,
Prospect theory,
Prospect theory value function
9  cards
Lecture 9
Misuse of probability,
The certainty effect,
Prospect theory weighting function
14  cards
Lecture 10
Knights three probabilities,
A priori probability,
Statistical probability
14  cards
Lecture 11
Risk assessment perception attitudes,
Revealed risk perceptions vs cons...,
Dread risk
16  cards
Lecture 12
Social amplification of risk,
Individual differences in risk at...,
Dospert scale
15  cards
Lecture 13
The sign effect,
The magnitude effect,
Delay accelerate frame effects
12  cards
Lecture 14
Process accounts,
Endowment effect,
Query theory
10  cards
Lecture 15
Priority heuristic,
Goal satisfaction based decision ...,
Rule based decision making
7  cards
Lecture 16
Affect and decision theory,
Decision inputs influenced by emo...,
Emotion and subjective probabilities
27  cards
Lecture 17
Stereotype threat,
Flynn effect,
Longitudinal changes in cognition
12  cards
Lecture 18
3 factors in decision making,
Individual differences due to gender,
Negating academic gender effects
17  cards
Lecture 19
Three characteristics of strategi...,
Zero sum,
Simultaneous blind games
7  cards
Lecture 20
Sequential semi blind games,
Social dilemmas and framing effects,
Ultimatum game
8  cards
Lecture 21
Group decision making advantages ...,
Group errors and biases,
Conformity problem
9  cards
Lecture 22
Diversity in problem solving,
Surface level diversity,
Deep level diversity
14  cards
Lecture 23
Attribution theory,
Fundamental attribution error,
Reversed attribution errors
14  cards
Lecture 24
Social bonds and sales,
What causes us to like people,
The halo effect
12  cards
Lecture 25
Decision architecture,
Default effect,
3 kinds of norms
7  cards
Lecture 26
Decision fatigue,
Decision architecture solutions t...,
Decision architecture and referen...
7  cards

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