A theoretical framework is outlined in which the key construct is the need for (nonspecific)
cognitive closure. The need for closure is a desire for definite knowledge on some issue. It …

IT IS NO EXAGGERATION to consider expected utility theory the major para-digm in
decision making since the Second World War. It has been used prescriptively in …

Un apasionante recorrido por el funcionamiento de la mente de la mano del padre de la
psicología conductista y premio Nobel de Economía en 2002: Daniel Kahneman. En Pensar …

This article described three heuristics that are employed in making judgments under
uncertainty:(i) representativeness, which is usually employed when people are asked to …

Perhaps the simplest and the most basic qualitative law of probability is the conjunction rule:
The probability of a conjunction, P (A&B), cannot exceed the probabilities of its constituents …

Behavioral decision research provides many important insights into managerial behavior.
From negotiation to investment decisions, the authors weave behavioral decision research …

Many decisions are based on beliefs concerning the likelihood of uncertain events such as
the outcome of an election, the guilt of a defendant, or the future value of the dollar. These …

Presents a 2-part review of the literature on behavioral decision theory. Part 1 examines
descriptive studies of judgment, inference, and choice, and Part 2 discusses the …

Approximately 70 percent of the world's population is concentrated in the coastal
borderlands, which geologists recognize to be the present continental margins. This new …

Three experiments were conducted to test the hypothesis that primacy effects, ethnic
stereotyping, and numerical anchoring all represent “epistemic freezing” in which the lay …