Chapter 3
Social Judgement and Decision-Making
![Reason and Intuition](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/11043.jpg)
The human brain processes information for decision-making using one of two routes: an intuitive system and a rational system (Epstein, 1994;…
![Schemas](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/11044.jpg)
A schema is a mental construct consisting of a cluster or collection of related concepts (Bartlett, 1932). There are many different types of…
![The Availability Heuristic](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/11046.jpg)
A heuristic is a general problem-solving framework (Tversky & Kahneman, 1974). You can think of these as mental shortcuts that are used to solve…
![The Representativeness Heuristic](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/11047.jpg)
The representative heuristic describes a biased way of thinking, in which you unintentionally stereotype someone or something. For example, you may…
![Confirmation Biases](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/11049.jpg)
The confirmation bias is the tendency to focus on information that confirms our existing beliefs and ignore information that is inconsistent with our…
![Hindsight Biases](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/11050.jpg)
Hindsight bias leads you to believe that the event you just experienced was predictable, even though it really wasn’t. In other words, you…
![Thinking Too Much Impairs Decision-Making](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/10334.jpg)
Source: Peter Mende-Siedlecki & Jay Van Bavel—New York University
When we are considering a tough choice between two or more attractive…
![Experimental Research Examining How People Can Cope with Uncertainty Through Soft Haptic Sensations](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/thumbs/53155_t.png)
Human beings are constantly surrounded by uncertainty and change. The question arises how people cope with such uncertainty. To date, most research…
![Assessment of Social Cognition in Non-human Primates Using a Network of Computerized Automated Learning Device (ALDM) Test Systems](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/thumbs/52798_t.png)
Assessment of Social Cognition in Non-human Primates Using a Network of Computerized Automated Learning Device (ALDM) Test Systems
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Fagot & Paleressompoulle1 and Fagot & Bonte2 have published an automated learning device (ALDM) for the study of cognitive abilities of…