How did Kahneman study human judgment and decision-making?
Our approach involved carefully designed experiments that revealed predictable patterns in how people deviated from normative models of rationality and probability. We presented participants with scenarios and analyzed their choices, identifying the underlying cognitive mechanisms, such as heuristics, that led to these outcomes. By contrasting actual behavior with logical predictions, we could map the contours of human judgment and its inherent biases. This empirical methodology was crucial for demonstrating these phenomena.
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