Judgement
To prepare for this discussion, please read Chapter 5 which is attached (Feenstra, 2013). In addition, read Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases (Links to an external site.) (Tversky and Kahneman, 1974). In this discussion, you will consider judgment and decision making. Be sure to use your own academic voice (Links to an external site.) and apply in-text citations (Links to an external site.) appropriately throughout your post. Locate an additional peer-reviewed source to support your ideas.
- Outline one of the following options:
- Identify an example (not from the textbook) to illustrate one of the following heuristics: availability heuristic and representativeness heuristic, or affect heuristic. Examine the use of heuristics. How are our judgments, including attitudes and behaviors, influenced by social and cognitive factors?
- Identify an example (not from the textbook) to illustrate one of the following errors in judgment: belief perseverance, confirmation bias, or illusion of control. Examine errors in judgment. How are our judgments, including attitudes and behaviors, influenced by social and cognitive factors?
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In each and every day a person is to make a decision about a certain situation which sometimes does not need to be researched to make judgments. A heuristic is a cerebral shortcut that helps a human being to make quick decisions and verdicts without researching and investigating the data at hand. There are diverse classes of heuristics this include availability…
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