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The heuristics role in judgment and decision making under uncertainty

Heuristics are influential rules that guide people' judgments in decision tasks under uncertainty. This paper presents a theoretical review of heuristic rules in judgment and decision making focusing on Tversky and Kahneman's research. It discusses heuristics of anchoring, availability and representative.

Heuristics; Uncertainty; Judgment; Decision making


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