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Bounded Rationality, Emotions and Older Adult Decision Making: Not so Fast and yet so Frugal
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Hanoch, Yaniv; Wood, Stacey; Rice, Thomas – Human Development, 2007
Herbert Simon's work on bounded rationality has had little impact on researchers studying older adults' decision making. This omission is surprising, as human constraints on computation and memory are exacerbated in older adults. The study of older adults' decision-making processes could benefit from employing a bounded rationality perspective,…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Memory, Decision Making, Attention
On Missing Links and Such: Interfaces between Cognitive Research and Everyday Problem-Solving.
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Cavanaugh, John C.; And Others – Human Development, 1985
Presents several reconceptualizations of adult cognitive development and its relation to everyday problem solving. Argues that investigation of relations between adult cognitive development and everyday problem solving may be facilitated through causal modeling that includes task characteristics, social context, and personality and motivational…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Interpersonal Relationship
What the Development of Short-Term Memory Is
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Belmont, J. M.; Butterfield, E. C. – Human Development, 1971
Development of memory depends upon changes in several mnemonic processes, which are illustrated in experiments with normal and mentally retarded adults and children. (Author/WY)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Child Development, Intellectual Development