PREDECISIONAL PROCESSES IN DECISION MAKING: PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM

Contents Predecisional processes are characterized as the search for, acquisition of, and evaluation of information prior to choice of a course of action Information seeking to reduce the risk of decision, by Ward Edwards, with discussion led by Emir Shuford Belief states, evidence, and action, by Thornton B. Roby, with discussion led by Masanao Toda Predecisional processes related to psychophysical judgment, by Emir H. Shuford, with discussion led by Thornton B. Roby Pre- and post decisional processes of the Fungus-Eater, by Masanao Toda, with discussion led by Ward Edwards Attention, curiosity, and decision, by Daniel E. Berlyne, with discussion led by John T. Lanzetta Predecisional information processes some determinants of information acquisition prior to decision making, by John T. Lanzetta and Joan Sieber, with discussion led by Janellen Huttenlocher Some neglected variables in contemporary conceptions of decision and performance, by John W. Atkinson and Dorwin P. Cartwright, with discussion led by Daniel E. Berlyne.