Titlebook: Applications of Heuristics and Biases to Social Issues; Linda Heath,R. Scott Tindale,Judith Myers Book 1994 Springer Science+Business Medi

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Heuristics and Biases in Health Decision Making, from formal rules. Such judgments have also been central in some of the leading theories and research programs on health and illness behavior. Current health psychology research is replete with examples of the major role played by uncertainty judgments. Some of the topics studied are: beliefs about

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AIDS, Sterile Needles, and Ethnocentrism,(HIV) or controlling its spread would be insufficient—at least prior to the time that an effective vaccine or treatment could be developed (which appears to be always five years from the time its possibility is discussed). The major ways in which HIV is contracted and spread were well known by the t

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,Understanding Judges’ Sentencing Decisions,mining how judges organize, interpret, and use information about offenders is crucial to the explanation of this process and its outcomes. As Lawrence (1984) has noted, however, “l(fā)ittle empirical evidence has been available on how judicial decisions are made” (p. 319). Since 1984, a few studies have

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Negligence Law and Mental Mutation,ation laws, restitution for Mr. Evans’ injury would be forthcoming from state insurance paid for by the private contractor, Waldon Company (Dobbs, 1985, p. 742). However, workmen’s compensation statutes limit liability to fixed amounts for specific injuries and percentages of lost wages. In order to

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