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Judgment and Decision Making

 

Overviews/Essays

 

Fischhoff, B. (2025). Heuristic assumptions. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. (special issue tribute to Daniel Kahneman), 70, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11166-024-09437-3

 

Fischhoff, B. (2024). Retrospective: Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024). Science, 384(66995), n5151. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp6405

 

Fischhoff, B., & Broomell, S.B.  (2020).  Judgment and decision making.  Annual Review of Psychology, 71. 331-355. doi: 10.1146/annurev-psych-010419-050747

http://www.annualreviews.org/eprint/KXBRW9TWBZZ9X2TFHJJY/full/10.1146/annurev-psych-010419-050747

 

Fischhoff, B.  (2020).  The microbiomes of gut-level decisions.  CQ (Critical Quarterly), 62(1), 30--37. doi.org/10.1111/criq.12525

 

Fischhoff, B. (2019).  Tough calls.  Scientific American, 321(3), 74-79.  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/when-assessing-novel-risks-facts-are-not-enough/

 

Fischhoff, B.  (2012).  Robyn Mason Dawes (1936-2010).  American Psychologist, 67, 319-320. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028174

 

Fischhoff, B.  (1996).  The real world: What good is it?  Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 65, 232-248.  https://doi.org/10.1006/obhd.1996.0024

 

Fischhoff, B.  (1992).  Giving advice: Decision theory perspectives on sexual assault.  American Psychologist, 47, 577-588.  https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.47.4.577

 

Slovic, P., Lichtenstein, S., & Fischhoff, B.  (1988).  Decision making.  In R.C. Atkinson, R.J. Herrnstein, G. Lindzey & R.D. Luce (eds.), Stevens' Handbook of Experimental Psychology, second edition (pp. 673-738).  New York: Wiley.

 

Fischhoff, B. & Beyth-Marom, R.  (1983).  Hypothesis evaluation from a Bayesian perspective.  Psychological Review, 90, 239-260. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.90.3.239

 

Slovic, P. & Fischhoff, B.  (1982).  Targeting risks: Comments on Wilde's "Theory of Risk Homeostasis."  Risk Analysis, 2, 227-234. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.1982.tb01385.x

 

Fischhoff, B.  (1982).  Debiasing.  In D. Kahneman, P. Slovic, & A. Tversky (eds.), Judgment under uncertainty: Heuristics and biases (pp. 422-444).  New York: Cambridge University Press. 

 

Slovic, P., Fischhoff, B. & Lichtenstein, S.  (1977).  Behavioral decision theory.  Annual Review of Psychology, 28, 1-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ps.28.020177.000245

 

Empirical Articles

 

Fischhoff, B. & Bar-Hillel, M. (1984).  Focusing techniques:  A shortcut to improving probability judgments?  Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 34(2), 175-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-5073(84)90002-3

 

Fischhoff, B. & Bar-Hillel, M.  (1984).  Diagnosticity and the base-rate effect.  Memory and Cognition, 12, 402-410. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03198301

 

Beyth-Marom, R. & Fischhoff, B.  (1983).  Diagnosticity and pseudodiagnosticity.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 45, 1185-1195. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.45.6.1185

 

Bar-Hillel, M & Fischhoff, B.  (1981).  When do base rates affect predictions? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 41, 671-680.  https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.41.4.671

 

Fischhoff, B., Slovic, P. & Lichtenstein, S.  (1979).  Subjective sensitivity analysis.  Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 23, 339-359. https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-5073(79)90002-3

 

Lichtenstein, S., Slovic, P., Fischhoff, B, Layman, M. & Combs, B.  (1978).  Judged frequency of lethal events.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 4, 551-578.  

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Fischhoff, B., Slovic, P. & Lichtenstein, S.  (1978).  Fault trees: Sensitivity of assessed failure probabilities to problem representation.  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 4, 330-344. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.4.2.330

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Beyth-Marom, R. & Fischhoff, B.  (1977).  Direct measures of availability and judgments of category frequency.  Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 9, 236-238. https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336986

Baruch Fischhoff

Carnegie Mellon University

Department of Engineering and Public Policy

Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology 

5000 Forbes Ave

Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-3890

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