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Direct linkStanovich, Keith E. – Educational Psychologist, 2016
The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded in 2002 for work on judgment and decision-making tasks that are the operational measures of rational thought in cognitive science. Because assessments of intelligence (and similar tests of cognitive ability) are taken to be the quintessence of good thinking, it might be thought that such measures would…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Cognitive Science, Intelligence Tests
Download full textSmith, Mike U. – 1988
When the term "problem" is defined as a task requiring analysis and reasoning toward a goal, it is seen that the performance of the problem solver is narrowly delimited by the domain, form, and complexity of the problem and the characteristics of the solver. Tenets of a unified theory of problem solving are discussed, concerning what the…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Cognitive Ability, Evaluative Thinking, Heuristics
Pashiardis, Petros – 1994
This paper presents an overview of research in the field of decision theory, with a focus on problem and identification. The goal is to make the decision-making process as rational as possible in order to maximize the rational administration of the organization. The decisions associated with educational administration can be categorized as…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Educational Administration
Clement, Kent – 1997
Judgment is the process of making decisions with incomplete information concerning either the outcomes or the decision factors. Sound judgment that leads to good decisions is an essential skill needed by adventure education and outdoor leadership professionals. Cognitive psychology provides several theories and insights concerning the accuracy of…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Bias, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures
Forsyth, G. Alfred; And Others – 1996
Many students view statistics as their worst college course. Four heuristics that can improve students' proficiency in statistics and in interpreting reports of research are presented in this paper. The heuristics guide students' judgments about significance, generalizability, cause-and-effect, and strength of independent-dependent variable…
Descriptors: College Students, Data Interpretation, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Stine, Deborah E. – 1996
An administrator's daily life is full of decisions that often involve an "on the spot" solution. This paper discusses some of the principles involved in drawing inferences in research and decision making, and describes how a knowledge of decision-making errors can help administrators. The paper also describes a case study that…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Data Interpretation, Decision Making
