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Thinking, Fast and Slow / Daniel Kahneman

By: Publication details: London : Penguin, c2011, 2012.Description: 499 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 978-0141033570
  • 0141033576
  • 9781846146060 (paperback)
  • 9781846140556 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153.4 23
Contents:
Pt. 1. Two systems. The characters of the story -- Attention and effort -- The lazy controller -- The associative machine -- Cognitive ease -- Norms, surprises, and causes -- A machine for jumping to conclusions -- How judgments happen -- Answering an easier question. pt. 2. Heuristics and biases. The law of small numbers -- Anchors -- The science of availability -- Availability, emotion, and risk -- Tom W's specialty -- Linda : less is more -- Causes trump statistics -- Regression to the mean -- Taming intuitive predictions. pt. 3. Overconfidence. The illusion of understanding -- The illusion of validity -- Intuitions vs. formulas -- Expert intuition : when can we trust it? -- The outside view -- The engine of capitalism. pt. 4. Choices. Bernoulli's errors -- Prospect theory -- The endowment effect -- Bad events -- The fourfold pattern -- Rare events -- Risk policies -- Keeping score -- Reversals -- Frames and reality. pt. 5. Two selves. Two selves -- Life as a story -- Experienced well-being -- Thinking about life.
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Book Book Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks 153.4 KAH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Checked out 11/07/2024 3010036409
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Two systems. The characters of the story --
Attention and effort --
The lazy controller --
The associative machine --
Cognitive ease --
Norms, surprises, and causes --
A machine for jumping to conclusions --
How judgments happen --
Answering an easier question. pt. 2. Heuristics and biases. The law of small numbers --
Anchors --
The science of availability --
Availability, emotion, and risk --
Tom W's specialty --
Linda : less is more --
Causes trump statistics --
Regression to the mean --
Taming intuitive predictions. pt. 3. Overconfidence. The illusion of understanding --
The illusion of validity --
Intuitions vs. formulas --
Expert intuition : when can we trust it? --
The outside view --
The engine of capitalism. pt. 4. Choices. Bernoulli's errors --
Prospect theory --
The endowment effect --
Bad events --
The fourfold pattern --
Rare events --
Risk policies --
Keeping score --
Reversals --
Frames and reality. pt. 5. Two selves. Two selves --
Life as a story --
Experienced well-being --
Thinking about life.

BBS, BIGD

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