Cognitive Psychology Arena

A Handbook of Process Tracing Methods for Decision Research

A Critical Review and User’s Guide

• Edited by Michael Schulte-Mecklenbeck, Anton Kuehberger and Rob Ranyard.

Published October 2010

This handbook provides a critical review and user’s guide to conducting and reporting process tracing studies of decision making. Each chapter covers a specific method that is presented and reviewed by authors who are experts in the method’s application to decision research. The book …
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Perspectives on Framing

• Edited by Gideon Keren.

Published October 2010

Language comprises a major mark of humans compared with other primates and is the main vehicle for social interaction. A major characteristic of any natural language is that the same communication, idea, or intention can be articulated in different ways—in other words, the same message can be "…
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The Science of Giving

Experimental Approaches to the Study of Charity

• Edited by Danny Oppenheimer, and Christopher Olivola.

Published October 2010

Americans donate over 300 billion dollars a year to charity, but the psychological factors that govern whether to give, and how much to give, are still not well understood. Our understanding of charitable giving is based primarily upon the intuitions of fundraisers or correlational data which…
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The Science of Reason

A Festschrift for Jonathan St. BT Evans

• Edited by Ken Manktelow, David Over and Shira Elqayam.

Published October 2010

This volume is a state-of-the-art survey of the psychology of reasoning, based around, and in tribute to, one of the field’s most eminent figures: Jonathan St B.T. Evans. In this collection of cutting edge research, Evans’ collaborators and colleagues review a wide range of important and…
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Straight Choices

The Psychology of Decision Making

• By Benjamin R. Newell, David A. Lagnado and David R. Shanks.

Published May 2010

We all face a perplexing array of decisions every day. Straight Choices provides an integrative account of the psychology of decision making, in which clear connections are made between empirical results and how these results can help us to understand our uncertain world. Throughout the text,…
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Mathematical Reasoning

Patterns, Problems, Conjectures, and Proofs

• By Raymond Nickerson.

Published December 2009

The development of mathematical competence -- both by humans as a species over millennia and by individuals over their lifetimes -- is a fascinating aspect of human cognition. This book explores when and why the rudiments of mathematical capability first appeared among human beings, what its…
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Foundations for Tracing Intuition

Challenges and Methods

• Edited by Andreas Glöckner, and Cilia Witteman.

Published December 2009

The study of intuition and its relation to thoughtful reasoning is a burgeoning research topic in psychology and beyond. While the area has the potential to radically transform our conception of the mind and decision making, the procedures used for establishing empirical conclusions have often been…
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Cognitive Assessment

An Introduction to the Rule Space Method

• By Kikumi K. Tatsuoka.

Published May 2009

This book introduces a new methodology for the analysis of test results. Free from ambiguous interpretations, the results truly demonstrate an individual’s progress. The methodology is ideal for highlighting patterns derived from test scores used in evaluating progress. Dr. Tatsuoka introduces…
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Judging Merit

• By Warren Thorngate, Robyn M. Dawes and Margaret Foddy.

Published November 2008

Merit-based tests and contests have become popular methods for allocating rewards – from trophies to contracts, jobs to grants, admissions to licenses. With origins in jurisprudence, methods of rewarding merit seem fairer than those rewarding political or social connections, bribery, aggression,…
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Rationality and Social Responsibility

Essays in Honor of Robyn Mason Dawes

• Edited by Joachim I. Krueger.

Published April 2008

This volume brings together a diverse group of authors who have been associated with Robyn Dawes over the years. The breadth of topics covered reflects Dawes’s wide-ranging impact on psychological theory and empirical practice. The two themes of rationality and social responsibility are well…
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