Cognition as Intuitive Statistics

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-95030-6
Verlag: Psychology Press

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 360 g

Reihe: Psychology Revivals

Originally published in 1987, this title is about theory construction in psychology. Where theories come from, as opposed to how they become established, was almost a no-man’s land in the history and philosophy of science at the time. The authors argue that in the science of mind, theories are particularly likely to come from tools, and they are especially concerned with the emergence of the metaphor of the mind as an intuitive statistician.

In the first chapter, the authors discuss the rise of the inference revolution, which institutionalized those statistical tools that later became theories of cognitive processes. In each of the four following chapters they treat one major topic of cognitive psychology and show to what degree statistical concepts transformed their understanding of those topics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gigerenzer, Gerd

Murray, David J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Geschichte der Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Forschungsmethoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements. Introduction: Two Revolutions – Cognitive and Probabilistic 1. The Inference Revolution 2. Detection and Discrimination: From Thresholds to Statistical Inference 3. Perception: From Unconscious Inference to Hypothesis Testing 4. Memory: From Association to Decision Making 5. Thinking: From Insight to Intuitive Statistics 6. Conclusions. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Gigerenzer, Gerd; Murray, David J.