Psychology of Judgement, Scott Plous, McGraw-Hill, Inc.,1993

In this book, Plous gives a marvelous overview of many key issues in the world of social psychology. As the various theories are explained, they are presented in a way that is easily accessible to those who have not read much on psychology. Plous uses the large volume of research in social psychology to help explain each of the theories. In particular Plous widely cites research published in the last 15 years, so that even those already educated in psychology may find this an interesting book. The topics covered are:

• Perception Memory and Context,
  
• How Questions Affect Answers,
  
• Models of Decision Making, Heuristics and Biases, and
  
• The Social Side of Judgement and Decision Making.

Readers will find that this book offers much practical knowledge about problems and issues confronted in everyday life.