Cognitive Illusions

Intriguing Phenomena in Judgement, Thinking and Memory
2. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-90341-8
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 494 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 839 g

Cognitive Illusions explores a wide range of fascinating psychological effects in the way we think, judge and remember in our everyday lives. Featuring contributions from leading researchers, the book defines what cognitive illusions are and discusses their theoretical status: are such illusions proof for a faulty human information-processing system, or do they only represent by-products of otherwise adaptive cognitive mechanisms? Throughout the book, background to phenomena such as illusions of control, overconfidence and hindsight bias are discussed, before considering the respective empirical research, potential explanations of the phenomenon, and relevant applied perspectives. Each chapter also features the detailed description of an experiment that can be used as classroom demonstration.

Featuring six new chapters, this edition has been thoroughly updated throughout to reflect recent research and changes of focus within the field.

This book will be of interest to students and researchers of cognitive illusions, specifically, those focusing on thinking, reasoning, decision-making and memory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pohl, Rüdiger

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Cognitive illusions
Rüdiger F. Pohl
I. Thinking
1. Conjunction fallacy
John E. Fisk
2. Base-rate neglect
Gordon Pennycook & Valerie A. Thompson
3. Probability matching
Ben R. Newell & Christin Schulze
4. Framing
Anton Kühberger
5. Confirmation bias – Myside bias
Hugo Mercier
6. Illusory correlation
Klaus Fiedler
7. Illusions of control
Suzanne C. Thompson
8. Wason selection task
Jonathan St. B. T. Evans
9. Belief bias in deductive reasoning
Jonathan St. B. T. Evans
II. Judgment
10. Availability
Rolf Reber
11. Judgments by representativeness
Karl H. Teigen
12. Anchoring effect
Štepán Bahník, Birte Englich, & Fritz Strack
13. Validity effect Catherine
Hackett Renner
14. Mere exposure effect
Robert F. Bornstein & Catherine Craver-Lemley
15. Halo effects
Joseph P. Forgas & Simon M. Laham
16. Overconfidence
Ulrich Hoffrage
17. Pollyanna principle
Margaret W. Matlin
III. Memory
18. Revelation effect
André Aßfalg
19. Survival processing effect
Meike Kroneisen & Edgar Erdfelder
20. Labelling and overshadowing effects
Rüdiger F. Pohl
21. Associative memory illusions
Henry L. Roediger, III, & David A. Gallo
22. Misinformation effect
Jacquie Pickrell, Dawn-Leah McDonald, Daniel M. Bernstein, & Elizabeth F. Loftus
23. Hindsight bias
Rüdiger F. Pohl & Edgar Erdfelder
24. Retrieval-induced forgetting
Oliver Kliegl & Karl-Heinz T. Bäuml
IV. Extensions
25. Suggestion and cognitive illusions
Günter Molz & Rüdiger F. Pohl

Über Autor(innen)

Rüdiger F Pohl is Professor of Psychology at the University of Mannheim, Germany. His research interests include cognitive illusions, heuristics and decision making, and autobiographical memory.