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Cognitive Sophistication and the Development of Judgment and Decision-Making,

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Editors: By Maggie E. Toplak

Publication Date: 28 Oct 2021

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Cognitive Sophistication and the Development of Judgment and Decision-Making reviews the existing literature on the development of reasoning, judgment and decision-making, with a primary focus on measures from the heuristics and biases tradition. The book presents a model based on cognitive sophistication to examine the development of judgment and decision-making, including age related differences in developmental samples, associations with intellectual abilities and executive functions, and associations with dispositional tendencies that support judgment and decision-making. Additional sections cover the empirical findings of a longitudinal study conducted over seven years that tie together the discussed aspects related to cognitive sophistication.

This book will provide a much-needed description of the theoretical and conceptual issues, a review of empirical findings, and an integrative summary of the implications for developmental models of reasoning, judgment and decision-making.

Key Features

Explores whether individual heuristics and biases are associated
Reviews individual differences in cognitive abilities and thinking dispositions
Examines reasoning from the lens of cognitive sophistication
Discusses the implications for models, including dual process models
Tests and elaborates using empirical findings from a longitudinal study

About the author

By Maggie E. Toplak, Associate Professor, Clinical Developmental Program, Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

1. Defining Cognitive Sophistication in the Development of Judgment and Decision-Making
2. Foundations for the Development of Judgment and Decision-Making: Cognitive Abilities, Thinking Dispositions and Specific Knowledge
3. Development of the Ability to Detect and Override Miserly Information Processing
4. Recognizing the Diagnosticity of Statistical Information in Development: Base Rate Sensitivity
5. Preference for Delayed Over Immediate Rewards in Development: Prudent Temporal Discounting
6. Understanding Descriptive Invariance In Development: Framing Effects
7. Correlations Between Judgment and Decision-Making Tasks in Developmental Samples
8. Real-World Correlates of Judgment and Decision-Making Paradigms in Developmental Samples
9. The Emergence of Rational Thinking in Development: Conclusions and Future Directions

Book Reviews

"Understanding what underlies the large individual differences in reasoning abilities is a critical question, for both theoretical and practical reasons. In this book, Maggie Toplak has provided a remarkably detailed and theoretically rich account of the development of rational reasoning skills, much of which is based on her own work. The impact of a variety of different components on reasoning is clearly detailed, and the consequences for real-world functioning are highlighted. I would highly recommend it for anyone who is interested in understanding the complex web of factors that impact how individuals reason."—Henry Markovits, Professor, Psychology Department, Université du Québec à Montréal

ISBN: 9780128166369

Page Count: 298

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