Decisions

Studying and Supporting People Facing Hard Choices

Baruch Fischhoff, Paul Slovic

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MIT Press
14 October 2025

Psychology

A lively, authoritative insider's account of how we make decisions and how decision-making research has developed over the last half century.

A lively, authoritative insider's account of how we make decisions and how decision-making research has developed over the last half century.

Decisions describes the evolution of decision science (also called behavioral decision research and related to behavioral economics) through its application to challenging personal and public policy decisions, since the inception of the field.

Baruch Fischhoff covers all major topics in basic research, including how people create options, determine what matters to them, evaluate their chances of achieving those goals, and engage their emotions. He shows how those processes play out in an exceptionally wide variety of decisions regarding health (including trauma triage and pandemic diseases); safety (including accidents and interpersonal violence); the environment (including climate change and energy); disasters (including tornadoes and floods); and national security (including terrorism and intelligence analysis), among other topics. He also examines how decision-making abilities vary across individuals and across the lifespan, as well as the ethics and politics of how research is conducted and its results are shared and applied.

By: Baruch Fischhoff, Paul Slovic
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780262553162
ISBN 10: 0262553163
Pages: 214
Publication Date: 14 October 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Baruch Fischhoff is an internationally known scientist, studying basic and applied decision making. A long-time faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University, he is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine.