Nancy S. Kim taught and researched the psychology of belief as Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Psychology at Northeastern University, USA.

• 1. IntroductionPART I: MAKING LIKELIHOOD JUDGMENTS2. Availability and Representativeness 3. Anchoring and Primacy Effects in Judgment PART II: JUDGMENTS OF THE PAST AND THE FUTURE4. Hindsight Bias5. Risk Perception6. PredictionPART III: DECISIONS ABOUT RESOURCES7. Expected Utility Theory8. Framing Effects and Prospect Theory9. Mental Accounting and ChoicePART IV: MAKING SENSE OF THE WORLD10. Schemas and Framework Theories11. Judging Covariation, Contingency, and Cause12. Hypothesis Testing and Confirmation BiasPART V: JUDGMENT AND DECISION-MAKING IN SOCIETY13: Belief14: Emotional, Social and Group Decision-making

There is simply no better introductory book on this topic. It is comprehensive, easy to understand, and chapters need not be read sequentially.

Nancy S. Kim taught and researched the psychology of belief as Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Psychology at Northeastern University, USA.

• 1. IntroductionPART I: MAKING LIKELIHOOD JUDGMENTS2. Availability and Representativeness 3. Anchoring and Primacy Effects in Judgment PART II: JUDGMENTS OF THE PAST AND THE FUTURE4. Hindsight Bias5. Risk Perception6. PredictionPART III: DECISIONS ABOUT RESOURCES7. Expected Utility Theory8. Framing Effects and Prospect Theory9. Mental Accounting and ChoicePART IV: MAKING SENSE OF THE WORLD10. Schemas and Framework Theories11. Judging Covariation, Contingency, and Cause12. Hypothesis Testing and Confirmation BiasPART V: JUDGMENT AND DECISION-MAKING IN SOCIETY13: Belief14: Emotional, Social and Group Decision-making

There is simply no better introductory book on this topic. It is comprehensive, easy to understand, and chapters need not be read sequentially.

Nancy S. Kim taught and researched the psychology of belief as Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Psychology at Northeastern University, USA.

• 1. IntroductionPART I: MAKING LIKELIHOOD JUDGMENTS2. Availability and Representativeness 3. Anchoring and Primacy Effects in Judgment PART II: JUDGMENTS OF THE PAST AND THE FUTURE4. Hindsight Bias5. Risk Perception6. PredictionPART III: DECISIONS ABOUT RESOURCES7. Expected Utility Theory8. Framing Effects and Prospect Theory9. Mental Accounting and ChoicePART IV: MAKING SENSE OF THE WORLD10. Schemas and Framework Theories11. Judging Covariation, Contingency, and Cause12. Hypothesis Testing and Confirmation BiasPART V: JUDGMENT AND DECISION-MAKING IN SOCIETY13: Belief14: Emotional, Social and Group Decision-making

There is simply no better introductory book on this topic. It is comprehensive, easy to understand, and chapters need not be read sequentially.