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Zusatztext "This book is intended for researchers interested in decision making or developmental psychology! practitioners! or for graduate courses on decision making or cognitive/social development." - ADOLESCENCE"This volume is a valuable contribution to the field of cognitive psychology and sociology; it enriches our understanding of the entangled relatioships among social and cultural frameworks! as well as the development of a concept central to Western political! philosphical! and social thought: selfhood. The value of this book is both cumulative and specific. Cumulative! because the sheer number of chapters dealing with adolescent decision-making in a wide range of theoretical and practical contexts increases our knowledge of developmental psychology and its practical application. Specific! because many chapters call into question particular assupmtions that have governed research and policy! in content and in method." - Tatjana Chorney! Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering! Vol. 9! No.1! pgs.242-244 Informationen zum Autor Janis E. Jacobs, Paul A. Klaczynski Klappentext An analysis of decision making among young people! this book brings together the voices of several authors presently conducting research into new theoretical perspectives related to the development of judgment & decision making. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on adolescent decision making. This book has both basic and applied dimensions and cuts across developmental, social, cognitive, and educational psychology. Because of these components, it will be of interest to the professional market Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Preface. Part I: Cognitive Developmental Approaches to Judgment and Decision Making. J.P. Byrnes, The Development of Self-Regulated Decision Making. P.A. Klaczynski, Metacognition and Cognitive Variability: A Dual-Process Model of Decision Making and Its Development. V.F. Reyna, M.B. Adam, K.M. Poirier, C.W. LeCroy, C.J. Brainerd, Risky Decision Making in Childhood and Adolescence: A Fuzzy-Trace Theory Approach. K.E. Stanovich, Commentary: Development and Decisions. Part II: Contextual Influences on Decision Making. E. Amsel, T. Bowden, J. Cottrell, J. Sullivan, Anticipating and Avoiding Regret as a Model of Adolescent Decision Making. J.E. Jacobs, K.E. Johnston, "Everyone Else Is Doing It:" Relations Between Bias in Base-Rate Estimates and Involvement in Deviant Behaviors. C.C. Helwig, Culture and the Construction of Concepts of Personal Autonomy and Democratic Decision Making. M. Gauvain, S.M. Perez, Not All Hurried Children Are the Same: Children's Participation in Deciding on and Planning Their After-School Activities. C.A. Berg, Commentary: Lessons From a Life-Span Perspective to Adolescent Decision Making. Part III: Decision Making in the Real World. L.L. Finken, The Role of Consultants in Adolescents' Decision Making: A Focus on Abortion Decisions. E. Cauffman, J. Woolard, Crime, Competence, and Culpability: Adolescent Judgment in the Justice System. K.M. Galotti, Setting Goals and Making Plans: How Children and Adolescents Frame Their Decisions. D. Moshman, Commentary: The Development of Thinking. B. Fischhoff, Afterword: Development of and in Behavioral Decision Research. ...
