Streetlights and Shadows : Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making.
Title:
Streetlights and Shadows : Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making.
Author:
Klein, Gary A.
ISBN:
9780262259019
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (355 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- List of Examples -- 1 Ten Surprises about How We Handle Ambiguous Situations -- I Making Decisions -- 2 A Passion for Procedures -- 3 Seeing the Invisible -- 4 How Biased Is Our Thinking? -- 5 Intuition versus Analysis -- 6 Blending Intuition and Analysis to Make Rapid Decisions -- 7 Experts and Errors -- 8 Automating Decisions -- II Making Sense of Situations -- 9 More Is Less -- 10 When Patience Is a Vice -- 11 The Limits of Feedback -- 12 Correcting the Dots -- 13 Do We Think Like Computers? -- III Adapting -- 14 Moving Targets -- 15 The Risks of Risk Management -- 16 The Cognitive Wavelength -- 17 Unlearning -- IV Finishing -- 18 Reclaiming Our Minds -- 19 Getting Found -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
An expert explains how the conventional wisdom about decision making can get us into trouble--and why experience can't be replaced by rules, procedures, or analytical methods.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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