Individual Differences in Judgement and Decision-Making : A Developmental Perspective

Drawing on the expertise of a range of international contributors, this volume provides the first integrated exploration of research in individual differences, developmental psychology and judgment and decision-making. Despite the substantial work that has been conducted on the development of judgment and decision-making processes, most of this research has dismissed any heterogeneity in studies as error variance. This book aims to rectify this approach through consideration of the role of individual differences in the development of these processes. It will also introduce new research on theoretical approaches to the field, and the methods used to test them.

Children face an overwhelming amount of information and a range of different choices every day, and so there has never been a more important time to understand how children learn to make judgments and decisions in our modern world. Individual Differences in Judgment and Decision-Making presents cutting-edge developmental research to advance our knowledge and understanding of how these competencies emerge.

Focusing on the role of individual differences, the text provides a complementary theoretical approach to understanding the development of judgment and decision-making skills, and how and why these competencies vary within and between different periods of development. Sampling a diverse set of developmental paradigms and measures, as well as considering typical and atypically developing samples, this volume provokes thinking about how we can support our children and youth to help them make better choices.

Drawing on the expertise of a range of international contributors, this book will be of interest to students and researchers of thinking and reasoning from both cognitive and developmental psychology backgrounds.