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Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases (Tversky and Kahneman, Science, 1974) 1
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1. Wikipedia: Heuristics in Judgment and Decision-Making
Wikimedia FoundationHeuristics in judgment and decision-making, Tversky and Kahneman section, anchoring/availability cluster
Quote, Heuristics in judgment and decision-making, Tversky and Kahneman section, anchoring/availability cluster
This research, called the heuristics-and-biases program, challenged the idea that human beings are rational actors and first gained worldwide attention in 1974 with the Science paper "Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases".
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