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The Resource Thinking, fast and slow, Daniel Kahneman

Thinking, fast and slow, Daniel Kahneman

Label
Thinking, fast and slow
Title
Thinking, fast and slow
Statement of responsibility
Daniel Kahneman
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities and also the faults and biases of fast thinking, and the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on peoples' thoughts and choices
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1934-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Kahneman, Daniel
Dewey number
153.4/2
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
BF441
LC item number
.K238 2011
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Thought and thinking
  • Decision making
  • Intuition
  • Reasoning
Target audience
adult
Label
Thinking, fast and slow, Daniel Kahneman
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-481) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- Part I: 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 -- Part II: 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 -- Part III: 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 -- Part IV: Choices. Bernoulli's errors ; Prospect theory ; The endowment effect ; Bad events ; The fourfold pattern ; Rare events ; Risk policies ; Keeping score ; Reversals ; Frames and reality -- Part V: Two selves. Two selves ; Life as a story ; Experienced well-being ; Thinking about life -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Judgment under uncertainty -- Appendix B: Choices, values, and frames
Dimensions
24 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
499 pages
Isbn
9780374275631
Isbn Type
: HRD
Lccn
2011027143
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn706020998
  • (Sirsi) o706020998
  • (OCoLC)706020998
Label
Thinking, fast and slow, Daniel Kahneman
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-481) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- Part I: 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 -- Part II: 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 -- Part III: 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 -- Part IV: Choices. Bernoulli's errors ; Prospect theory ; The endowment effect ; Bad events ; The fourfold pattern ; Rare events ; Risk policies ; Keeping score ; Reversals ; Frames and reality -- Part V: Two selves. Two selves ; Life as a story ; Experienced well-being ; Thinking about life -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Judgment under uncertainty -- Appendix B: Choices, values, and frames
Dimensions
24 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
499 pages
Isbn
9780374275631
Isbn Type
: HRD
Lccn
2011027143
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn706020998
  • (Sirsi) o706020998
  • (OCoLC)706020998

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