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Problem solving, decision making, and professional judgment : a guide for lawyers and policymakers / Paul Brest, Linda Hamilton Krieger.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, (c)2010.Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (xxx, 665 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199995912
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • K346 .P763 2010
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Contents:
Framing problems and identifying objectives and identifying problem causes -- Generating alternatives : creativity in legal and policy problem solving -- Choosing among alternatives -- Introduction to statistics and probability -- Scores, dollars, and other quantitative variables -- Interpreting statistical results and evaluating policy interventions -- Explaining and predicting one-time events -- Biases in perception and memory -- Biases in processing and judging information -- The social perceiver : processes and problems in social cognition -- Choices, consequences, and trade-offs -- Complexities of decision making : relationships to our future selves -- Complexities of decision-making continued : the power of frames -- Decision making under risk -- The role of affect in risky decisions -- Social influence -- Influencing behavior through cognition -- Group decision making and the effects of accountability on decision quality -- Conclusion : Learning from experience.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Problem-solving and decision-making processes : deliberation, intuition, and expertise -- Framing problems and identifying objectives and identifying problem causes -- Generating alternatives : creativity in legal and policy problem solving -- Choosing among alternatives -- Introduction to statistics and probability -- Scores, dollars, and other quantitative variables -- Interpreting statistical results and evaluating policy interventions -- Explaining and predicting one-time events -- Biases in perception and memory -- Biases in processing and judging information -- The social perceiver : processes and problems in social cognition -- Choices, consequences, and trade-offs -- Complexities of decision making : relationships to our future selves -- Complexities of decision-making continued : the power of frames -- Decision making under risk -- The role of affect in risky decisions -- Social influence -- Influencing behavior through cognition -- Group decision making and the effects of accountability on decision quality -- Conclusion : Learning from experience.

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