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Title Psychology of bias / editors, Glenn W. Mills and Sarah J. Stone.

Publication Info. Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Psychology of emotions, motivations and actions
Psychology of emotions, motivations, and actions series.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents PSYCHOLOGY OF BIAS; PSYCHOLOGY OF BIAS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: BIASES IN MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1. The Error in Medicine; 1.2. The Dimension of Medical Error; 2. COGNITIVE BASIS OF DIAGNOSIS; 2.1. Diagnostic Errors; 2.2. The Medical Choice: Beyond the Given Data(Toward Diagnosis); 2.3. Cognitive Heuristics and Biases; 3. TWO WAYS OF THINKING; 3.1. Is there Room for Intuition in Medicine?; 3.2. Summing Up; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: PERCEPTUAL BIASES FOR THREAT; ABSTRACT.
BIASES FOR ANCIENT THREATS-AN EVOLUTIONARY MODELBIASES FOR MODERN THREATS-A LEARNING MODEL; BIASES FOR THREAT IN CHILDREN AND INFANTS-A DUAL-PATHWAY MODEL; BEHAVIORAL IMPLICATIONS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: ON THE RELATIONSHIPBETWEEN STIMULUS VALENCE, EMOTIONAL BIAS, AND BEHAVIOR; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; RELEVANCE OF THE STIMULUSVALENCE TO SURVIVAL; FROM ENVIRONMENT TO COGNITIONTHROUGH MOOD; EMOTIONAL VALENCE:IS IT AN ARTIFICIAL DICHOTOMIZATION?; THE POWER OF UNCONSCIOUSLY PERCEIVEDEMOTIONAL STIMULI; THEORETICAL ORIENTING FRAMEWORKS; REFERENCES.
Chapter 4: THE BIAS TOWARD CAUSE AND EFFECTTHE BIAS TOWARD CAUSE AND EFFECT; MAKING THE CASE FOR 'CAUSE'; THE SAME UNDERLYING CONCEPT?; CHALLENGES TO A SINGLE NOTION OF CAUSE; A DIFFERENT APPROACH; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: RESPONDING TO GROUPBASEDDISCRIMINATION:WHEN THE NORMATIVE PROTECTIONOF THE (DISADVANTAGED)INGROUP MATTERS; ABSTRACT; RESPONDING TO GROUP-BASED DISCRIMINATION:WHEN THE NORMATIVE PROTECTIONOF THE (DISADVANTAGED) INGROUP MATTERS; DISCRIMINATION: THE TARGET'S PERSPECTIVE; OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENT RESEARCH; METHOD; RESULTS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES.
Chapter 6: INTERACTION OF EXECUTIVEFUNCTIONS AND PERCEPTUAL BIASES:AGE AND PRAXIS AS EVIDENCEABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; CONFOUNDING PROCESSES; COMPONENTS OF ATTENTION; ASYMMETRY OF ATTENTION MECHANISMS; EFFECT OF AGE AND PRAXIS AS EVIDENCE FOR THEROLE OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS INPERCEPTUAL ASYMMETRIES; MODIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS BYTRAINING AND PRAXIS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: THE UNSEEN ROLE OF JUROR BIAS: IMPLICATIONS AND ALTERNATIVES; ABSTRACT; SELECTING A JURY:THE PROCESS OF DETECTING BIAS IN THE COURTROOM.
FIXING THE SYSTEM: WHEN AND HOW TO USESTANDARDIZED ASSESSMENTS OF JUROR BIASREFERENCES; INDEX.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Prejudices.
Prejudices.
Discrimination -- Psychological aspects.
Discrimination -- Psychological aspects.
Discrimination.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Mills, Glenn W.
Stone, Sarah J.
Other Form: Print version: Psychology of bias Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, 2012. 9781622573240 (hbk.) (DLC) 2012022825
ISBN 9781622573769 (ePub)
1622573765
9781622573240
1622573242
Standard No. 40021813381