Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart
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"Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart" is a book that argues people can often make better and faster decisions by using simple mental shortcuts rather than complex analytical methods.
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| instanceOf |
academic book
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book ⓘ |
| academicImpact | widely cited in judgment and decision-making literature ⓘ |
| argumentAgainst | the view that more information and computation always improve decisions ⓘ |
| author |
Gerd Gigerenzer
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Peter M. Todd NERFINISHED ⓘ The ABC Research Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
expected utility theory
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optimization-based decision models ⓘ rational choice theory ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| editor |
Gerd Gigerenzer
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Peter M. Todd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
behavioral decision making
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judgment and decision making ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
environmental structure in decision performance
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how people use limited information to make decisions ⓘ |
| genre |
cognitive science
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decision theory ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Herbert A. Simon
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classical work on heuristics and biases ⓘ |
| isbn | 9780195143812 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainClaim |
In many environments simple decision rules can outperform complex optimization models.
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Simple heuristics can lead to good decisions with limited information and computation. ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
adaptive decision making
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bounded rationality ⓘ fast and frugal heuristics ⓘ heuristics ⓘ |
| proposesConcept |
fast and frugal trees
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one-reason decision making ⓘ recognition heuristic ⓘ take-the-best heuristic ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
heuristics and biases
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satisficing ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Adaptive Thinking: Rationality in the Real World
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Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | edited volume with multiple contributed chapters ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
researchers in artificial intelligence
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researchers in cognitive science ⓘ researchers in economics ⓘ researchers in psychology ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
bounded rationality (Herbert Simon tradition)
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ecological rationality ⓘ |
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