Description: Understanding Expertise by Fernand Gobet A MultiDisciplinary Approach. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description What makes an expert? What strategies do they use? If youre an expert in one domain, are you more likely to become an expert in a second?In examining questions like these, Professor Fernand Gobet provides a comprehensive overview of the field of expertise. With research from a wide range of disciplines, including psychology, neuroscience, sociology, philosophy, education, law and artificial intelligence, this is the definitive guide to the subject.Understanding Expertise: A Multidisciplinary Approach- Considers expertise on a number of levels ranging from the neural to the psychological and the social;- Critically evaluates current theories and approaches;- Addresses issues of key importance for society, with implications for training methods and the development of artificial expert systems. Author Biography Fernand Gobet earned his PhD in psychology in 1992 at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. After collaborating with Nobel Prize winner Herbert Simon for six years at Carnegie Mellon, he held academic positions at the University of Nottingham and Brunel University London. Since 2013, he is Professor of Decision Making and Expertise at the University of Liverpool. His main research interest is the psychology of expertise, which he studies in numerous domains including board games, physics, language acquisition and nursing. His research combines experimental methods with computational modelling. He has written nine books, including Foundations of Cognitive Psychology (2011). Table of Contents 1. Introduction2. Perception and Categorisation3. Memory4. Problem Solving5. Decision Making6. Intuition, Insight and Creativity7. Talent, Individual Differences and Gender Differences8. Learning and Education9. Development and Aging10. Neuroexpertise11. Experts and Society12. Sociology13. Philosophy14. Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems15. Putting It All Together. Promotional Understanding Expertise is beyond doubt the most comprehensive single-authored book devoted to how expertise permeates human performance in a diversity of domains. It has the breadth of an edited handbook, but with the added asset of a coherent point of view. - Professor Dean Keith Simonton, University of California, Davis, USA Fernand Gobet, who is well-known as one of the worlds leading authorities on expertise, has produced an excellent overview of the area in this book. Of special note is the impressive way he has integrated ideas and research from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, sociology, artificial intelligence and philosophy. - Professor Michael Eysenck, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Fernand Gobet has been studying expertise for decades. And it is fascinating to read a book that attempts to synthesize all that expertise on expertise, not just within his own field of psychology, but across multiple disciplines, including neuroscience, sociology, artificial intelligence, and philosophy.If only more researchers were willing to take this truly multi-disciplinary and open approach to science, science would, I believe, be much better for it. - Dr Jonathan Wai, Duke University, USA Feature Covers a uniquely broad range of perspectives on the role of expertise and its development Details ISBN0230276245 Author Fernand Gobet ISBN-10 0230276245 ISBN-13 9780230276246 Media Book Short Title UNDERSTANDING EXPERTISE Language English DEWEY 153.9 Year 2015 Pages 328 Edition 1st ed. 2016 Subtitle A Multi-Disciplinary Approach Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom Format Paperback Imprint Red Globe Press UK Release Date 2015-12-21 NZ Release Date 2015-12-21 Illustrations 40 colour illus Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Publication Date 2015-12-21 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2016-02-17 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:97344131;
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