PSY4301: Reading materials
Below, you will find an overview of central literature on some (research) areas within
JDM and Social Cognition. The list contains a large number of articles/book chapters. It
is NOT expected that you read it all! Mandatory readings are marked with bold on the
list.
On the “Student presentation of research literature” seminars 21.09, 22.09, 05.10,
and 06.10, you will have to present one article (on one of the seminars). You will find
a list of possible articles for the different seminars below the different lectures. As soon
as you have decided which article you want to present, inform the course coordinator
(erikloh@simula.no) within 16.09. NB! The topic of the article you present must be
different from the topic you choose for your term paper. Also, note that maximum five
students (2-3 per hour) can present articles on each seminar.
In addition to presenting one article, you will have to oppose on one fellow
student’s presentation. Send an email (within 16.09) to Erik Løhre when you have
decided which presentation/article you will oppose on. (The article first has to be
selected for presentation by a fellow student!)
The few articles/chapters below which are not accessible via internet (attached
URL or through ISI), you will find on Fronter.
Lecture Topics:
31.08 <Erik Løhre>
Introduction to Judgment and Decision Making
Kahneman, D. (2003). A perspective on judgment and choice: Mapping bounded
rationality. The American psychologist, 58(9), 697-720. doi: 10.1037/0003066X.58.9.697 [Mandatory reading]
Evans, J. S. T., & Stanovich, K. E. (2013). Dual-process theories of higher cognition:
Advancing the debate. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 8(3), 223-241. doi:
10.1177/1745691612460685 [Mandatory reading]
JDM - Further reading (NB! This is optional, you do not have to buy or
read these books):
Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking fast and slow. New York: Farrar, Strauss, Giroux.
(Recommended!)
Hastie, R. & Dawes, R. M (2010). Rational choice in an uncertain world. Thousand
Oaks, CA: Sage Pub. (Textbook PSY2301)
Hardman, D. (2009). Judgment and Decision Making. Psychological perspectives.
Chichester: BPS Blackwell (Textbook PSY2301)
07.09 <Karl Halvor Teigen>
Risk communication and verbal probabilities
Teigen, K. H. & Brun, W. (2003). Verbal expressions of probability and uncertainty.
In D. Hardman & L. Macchi (eds.), Thinking: Psychological perspectives on
reasoning, judgment, and decision making (pp. 125-145). Chichester: Wiley.
[Mandatory reading]
Teigen, K. H. (2012). Risk communication in words and numbers. In K. P.
Knutsen, S. Kvam, P. Langemeyer, A. Parianou & K. Solfjeld (eds.), Narratives of
risk: interdisciplinary studies (pp. 240-254). Münster: Waxmann Verlag.
[Mandatory reading]
Articles to select from for presentation on 21.09
Teigen, K. H., Juanchich, M., & Riege, A. H. (2013). Improbable outcomes:
Infrequent or extraordinary? Cognition, 127, 119-139. doi:
10.1016/j.cognition.2012.12.005
Løhre, E. & Teigen, K. H. (in press). There is a 60% probability, but I am 70%
certain: Communicative consequences of external and internal expressions of
uncertainty. Thinking and Reasoning. doi: 10.1080/13546783.2015.1069758
Kahneman, D. & Tversky, A. (1982). Variants of uncertainty. Cognition, 11, 143–
157.
Budescu, D. V., Broomell, S., & Por, H.-H. (2009). Improving communication of
uncertainty in the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Psychological Science, 20, 299-307.
08.09 <Erik Løhre>
Optimism
Shepperd, J. A., Klein, W. M. P., Waters, E. A., & Weinstein, N. D. (2013). Taking
stock of unrealistic optimism. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 8(4), 395-411.
doi: 10.1177/1745691613485247 [Mandatory reading]
Taylor, S. E., & Brown, J. D. (1988). Illusion and well-being: A social psychological
perspective on mental health. Psychological Bulletin, 103(2), 193-210. doi:
10.1037/0033-2909.103.2.193 [Mandatory reading]
Articles to select from for presentation on 06.10
Johnson, D. D. P., & Fowler, J. H. (2011). The evolution of overconfidence. Nature,
477(7364), 317-320. doi: 10.1038/Nature10384
Kruger, J., & Burrus, J. (2004). Egocentrism and focalism in unrealistic optimism (and
pessimism). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40(3), 332-340. doi:
10.1016/j.jesp.2003.06.002
Lench, H. C., & Bench, S. W. (2014). Economic indicators predict changes in college
student optimism for life events. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 44(11), 717724. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12262
Sharot, T., Korn, C. W., & Dolan, R. J. (2011). How unrealistic optimism is
maintained in the face of reality. Nature Neuroscience, 14(11), 1475-U1156. doi: Doi
10.1038/Nn.2949
Tenney, E. R., Logg, J. M., & Moore, D. A. (2015). (Too) Optimistic about optimism:
The belief that optimism improves performance. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 108(3), 377-399. doi: 10.1037/pspa0000018
15.09 <Petra Filkuková>
Framing
Levin, I. P., Schneider, S. L., & Gaeth, G. J. (1998). All frames are not created equal:
A typology and critical analysis of framing effects. Organizational Behavior and
Human Decision Processes, 76(2), 149-188. [Mandatory reading]
Teigen, K. H. (in press). Framing of numerical quantities. In G. Keren & G. Wu
(Eds.), Blackwell handbook of judgment and decision making: An interdisciplinary
perspective. [Mandatory reading]
Tversky, A., & Kahneman, D. (1981). The framing of decisions and the psychology of
choice. Science, 211, 453-458. [Mandatory reading]
Fluency
Reber, R., Schwarz, N., & Winkielman, P. (2004). Processing fluency and aesthetic
pleasure: Is beauty in the perceiver’s processing experience? Personality and Social
Psychology Review, 8, 364-382. [Mandatory reading]
Articles to select from for presentation on 22.09 (Framing)
Detweiler, J. B., Bedell, B. T., Salovey, P., Pronin, E., & Rothman, A. J. (1999). Message
framing and sunscreen use: Gain-framed messages motivate beach-goers. Health
Psychology, 18(2), 189-196.
Garcia-Retamero, R., & Cokely, E. T. (2011). Effective communication of risks to young
adults: Using message framing and visual aids to increase condom use and STD
screening. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 17(3), 270-287.
Gerend, M. A., & Cullen, M. (2008). Effects of message framing and temporal context on
college student drinking behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44 (4),
1167-1173.
Levin, I. P., Gaeth, G. J., Schreiber, J., & Lauriola, M. (2002). A new look at framing
effects: Distribution of effect sizes, individual differences, and independence of types of
effects. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 88 (1), 411-429.
Sinha, I., & Smith, M. F. (2000). Consumers' perceptions of promotional framing of
price. Psychology & Marketing, 17(3), 257-275.
Articles to select from for presentation on 05.10 (Fluency)
Alter, A. L., & Oppenheimer, D. M. (2006). Predicting short-term stock fluctuations
by using processing fluency. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
103(24), 9369-9372.
Brown, A.S., and L.A. Nix. (1996). Turning lies into truths: Referential validation of
falsehoods. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition,
22, 1088–1100.
Reber, R., & Unkelbach, C. (2010). The epistemic status of processing fluency as
source for judgments of truth. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 1, 563-581.
Topolinski, S., Erle, T. M., & Reber, R (2015). Necker's Smile: Immediate Affective
Consequences of Early Perceptual Processes. Cognition, 140, 1-13.
Winkielman, P., & Cacioppo, J.T. (2001). Mind at ease puts a smile on the face:
Psychophysiological evidence that processing facilitation leads to positive affect.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81, 989–1000.