Thinking, fast and slow
By: Daniel Kahneman
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 499
ISBN-13: 9780374275631
Subjects: Intuition; Thought and thinking; Reasoning; Decision making
Description: In this work the author, a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his seminal work in psychology that challenged the rational model of judgment and decision making, has brought together his many years of research and thinking in one book. He explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. He exposes the extraordinary capabilities, and also the faults and biases, of fast thinking, and reveals the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and behavior. He reveals where we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking. He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and our personal lives, and how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble. This author's work has transformed cognitive psychology and launched the new fields of behavioral economics and happiness studies. In this book, he takes us on a tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think and the way we make choices.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: 3; label: I
title: Two Systems; label: 1
title: The Characters of the Story
pagenum: 19; label: 2
title: Attention and Effort
pagenum: 31; label: 3
title: The Lazy Controller
pagenum: 39; label: 4
title: The Associative Machine
pagenum: 50; label: 5
title: Cognitive Ease
pagenum: 59; label: 6
title: Norms, Surprises, and Causes
pagenum: 71; label: 7
title: A Machine for Jumping to Conclusions
pagenum: 79; label: 8
title: How Judgments Happen
pagenum: 89; label: 9
title: Answering an Easier Question
pagenum: 97; label: II
title: Heuristics and Biases; label: 10
title: The Law of Small Numbers
pagenum: 109; label: 11
title: Anchors
pagenum: 119; label: 12
title: The Science of Availability
pagenum: 129; label: 13
title: Availability, Emotion, and Risk
pagenum: 137; label: 14
title: Tom W's Specialty
pagenum: 149; label: 15
title: Linda: Less is More
pagenum: 156; label: 16
title: Causes Trump Statistics
pagenum: 166; label: 17
title: Regression to the Mean
pagenum: 175; label: 18
title: Taming Intuitive Predictions
pagenum: 185; label: III
title: Overconfidence; label: 19
title: The Illusion of Understanding
pagenum: 199; label: 20
title: The Illusion of Validity
pagenum: 209; label: 21
title: Intuitions vs. Formulas
pagenum: 222; label: 22
title: The Outside View
pagenum: 245; label: 23
title: The Engine of Capitalism
pagenum: 255; label: IV
title: Choices; label: 25
title: Bernoulli's Errors
pagenum: 269; label: 26
title: Prospect Theory
pagenum: 278; label: 27
title: The Endowment Effect
pagenum: 289; label: 28
title: Bad Events
pagenum: 300; label: 29
title: The Fourfold Pattern
pagenum: 310; label: 30
title: Rare Events
pagenum: 322; label: 31
title: Risk Policies
pagenum: 334; label: 32
title: Keeping Score
pagenum: 342; label: 33
title: Reversals
pagenum: 353; label: 34
title: Frames and Reality
pagenum: 363; label: V
title: Two Selves; label: 35
title: Two Selves
pagenum: 377; label: 36
title: Life as a Story
pagenum: 386; label: 37
title: Experienced Well-Being
pagenum: 391; label: 38
title: Thinking About Life
pagenum: 398; title: Conclusions
pagenum: 408; label: A
title: Judgment Under Uncertainty
pagenum: 419; label: B
title: Choices, Values, and Frames
pagenum: 433; title: Notes
pagenum: 449; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 483; title: Index
pagenum: 485