Mathematical thinking provides a clear, crisp way of defining problems. Our whole technology is based on it. What is less appreciated is that mathematical thinking can also be applied to problems in the social and behavioral sciences. This book illustrates how mathematics can be used to understand human and animal behavior, using examples in psychology, sociology, economics, ecology, and even marriage counseling.
Mathematical thinking provides a clear, crisp way of defining problems. Our whole technology is based on it. What is less appreciated is that mathematical thinking can also be applied to problems in the social and behavioral sciences. This book illustrates how mathematics can be used to understand human and animal behavior, using examples in psychology, sociology, economics, ecology, and even marriage counseling.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Earl Hunt is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Washington in Seattle. He has written many articles and chapters in contributed volumes and was the past editor of Cognitive Psychology and Journal of Experimental Psychology. His books include Concept Learning: An Information Processing Problem (Wiley), Experiments in Induction (Academic Press), Artificial Intelligence (Academic Press), and Will We Be Smart Enough? (Sage Foundation) which won the William James Prize from the American Psychological Association in 1996. His most recent book is Thoughts on Thought (Erlbaum, 2002).
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. Applying probability theory to problems in sociology and psychology 3. From physics to perception 4. When systems evolve over time 5. Non-Linear and chaotic systems 6. Defining rationality - personal and group decision making 7. How to evaluate evidence 8. Multidimensional scaling surveying the geography of the mind 9. The mathematical models behind psychological testing 10. How to know you asked a good question 11. The construction of complexity: how simple rules make the complex organizations 12. Connectionism: computation connects mind and brain 13. L'Envoi References Index.
1. Introduction 2. Applying probability theory to problems in sociology and psychology 3. From physics to perception 4. When systems evolve over time 5. Non-Linear and chaotic systems 6. Defining rationality - personal and group decision making 7. How to evaluate evidence 8. Multidimensional scaling surveying the geography of the mind 9. The mathematical models behind psychological testing 10. How to know you asked a good question 11. The construction of complexity: how simple rules make the complex organizations 12. Connectionism: computation connects mind and brain 13. L'Envoi References Index.
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