Cognitive Sophistication and the Development of Judgment and Decision-Making

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-0-12-816636-9
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 450 g

Cognitive Sophistication and the Development of Judgment and Decision-Making reviews the existing literature on the development of reasoning, judgment and decision-making, with a primary focus on measures from the heuristics and biases tradition. The book presents a model based on cognitive sophistication to examine the development of judgment and decision-making, including age related differences in developmental samples, associations with intellectual abilities and executive functions, and associations with dispositional tendencies that support judgment and decision-making. Additional sections cover the empirical findings of a longitudinal study conducted over seven years that tie together the discussed aspects related to cognitive sophistication.

This book will provide a much-needed description of the theoretical and conceptual issues, a review of empirical findings, and an integrative summary of the implications for developmental models of reasoning, judgment and decision-making.

Zielgruppe

<p>Researchers and students who work in neuroscience, cognitive science, psychology, philosophy, and linguistics. </p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Toplak, Maggie E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Experimentelle Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Defining Cognitive Sophistication in the Development of Judgment and Decision-Making 2. Foundations for the Development of Judgment and Decision-Making: Cognitive Abilities, Thinking Dispositions and Specific Knowledge 3. Development of the Ability to Detect and Override Miserly Information Processing 4. Recognizing the Diagnosticity of Statistical Information in Development: Base Rate Sensitivity 5. Preference for Delayed Over Immediate Rewards in Development: Prudent Temporal Discounting 6. Understanding Descriptive Invariance In Development: Framing Effects 7. Correlations Between Judgment and Decision-Making Tasks in Developmental Samples 8. Real-World Correlates of Judgment and Decision-Making Paradigms in Developmental Samples 9. The Emergence of Rational Thinking in Development: Conclusions and Future Directions

Über Autor(innen)

Toplak, Maggie E.
Dr. Toplak's research spans cognitive science and clinical research. She studies cognitive science models of rational thinking and decision-making in typically developing samples and in developmental psychopathology. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters across the fields of decision-making and clinical research, including two books: Individual Differences in Judgement and Decision-Making: A Developmental Perspective (Psychology Press, 2016) and The Rationality Quotient: Toward a Test of Rational Thinking (MIT Press, 2018), the latter of which won the 2017 PROSE Award in Education Theory.