Is That Your Final Answer? Study Suggests Method For Improving Individual Decisions
Saturday, March 14, 2009 - 10:28
in Psychology & Sociology
What if there is no one else around to consult with before making a judgment - how can we be confident that we are giving a good answer? A new study suggests that "dialectical bootstrapping" (that is, thinking about why your own answer might be incorrect and then averaging across estimates) may be an effective strategy in helping us come up with better answers to many types of problems.