\ Michael Bar-Eli, Henning Plessner and Markus Raab.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
; Malden, MA
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Wiley-Blackwell
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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viii, 222 p.
Other Physical Details
:ill.
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CONTENTS NOTE
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Judgment and decision making as a topic of sport science. Maximization and optimization in sport -- JDM history -- The development of JDM research in sport -- Rationale and structure of this book -- Theories of (social) judgment. Psychophysics -- Social judgment theory -- Social cognition -- Theories of decision making. Subjective expected utility theory -- Prospect theory -- Decisional field theory -- Simple heuristic approach -- Expertise in JDM. What are the components of expertise in JDM? -- How can we measure JDM expertise? -- How can we explain JDM expertise? -- How can we develop JDM expertise? -- Athletes. -- Judging one's own performance -- What choices are athletes confronted with? -- How do athletes choose? -- JDM training for athletes -- Managers and coaches. JDM as a leadership task -- Managerial JDM -- Coaches' JDM -- Referees. The tasks of referees -- Perceptual limitations -- Prior knowledge -- Rules of information integration -- Improving referees' JDM -- Observers. Biases in judgments of sport performance -- Predictions and betting.