Section 7. Reasoning & Decision Making

7.1 Reasoning & decision making as thinking

• reasoning
• decision making

7.2 Idealized reasoning

• rules of logic

7.3 Psychological models of reasoning

• abstract rule theories
• concrete-rule theories
• mental models

7.4 Idealized decision making

• Bayes’ theorem

7.5 Psychological models of decision making

• biases in decision making

Terms to know for this section

Readings

• Reisberg p. 482-531 (reasoning), p. 440-481 (decision making)