The prevailing assumption by some that deep processing promotes stronger learning outcomes while surface processing promotes weaker learning outcomes has been called …
• Why do people behave and think the way they do?• What makes people choose certain products and services?• How does consumption affect our everyday lives? Informed by …
How to assess critical aspects of cognitive functioning that are not measured by IQ tests: rational thinking skills. Why are we surprised when smart people act foolishly? Smart people …
A series of four studies explored how the ability to comprehend and transform probability numbers relates to performance on judgment and decision tasks. On the surface, the tasks in …
VF Reyna, CJ Brainerd - Learning and individual differences, 2008 - Elsevier
“Numeracy,” so-called on analogy with literacy, is essential for making health and other social judgments in everyday life [Reyna, VF, & Brainerd, CJ (in press). The importance of …
VF Reyna, CJ Brainerd - Learning and individual differences, 2007 - Elsevier
Mathematics achievement is important in its own right, and is increasingly recognized as crucial to the nation's economy [National Mathematics Panel, 2006. National Mathematics …
R Garcia-Retamero, ET Cokely - Journal of experimental …, 2011 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)—including HIV/AIDS—are among the most common infectious diseases in young adults. How can we effectively promote prevention …
Decision making related to finances is of significant importance. A major factor underlying financial decision making involves differences in consumers' spending self-control (CSSC) …
T McElroy, K Dowd - Judgment and Decision making, 2007 - cambridge.org
Previous research on anchoring has shown this heuristic to be a very robust psychological phenomenon ubiquitous across many domains of human judgment and decision-making …