Thomas Gilovich

Thomas D. Gilovich (born 1954 ) is an American psychologist. He is a professor at Cornell University.

Life

Gilovich studied at the University of California, Santa Barbara (BA, 1976) and Stanford University ( Ph.D., 1981).

Work

Gilovichs research interests include assessment and decision-making in everyday life, critical thinking, egocentrism, optimism, pessimism, satisfaction and regret, as well as behavioral economics.

Books (selection)

• Gilovich, T., Griffin, DW, & Kahneman, D. ( ed.): The psychology of intuitive judgment: heuristics and biases. Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 9,780,521,792,608th
• Gilovich, T., Keltner, D., & Nisbett, R. E. (2010). Social psychology. W. W. Norton, 2010 (2nd edition). ISBN 0393932583rd
• Gilovich, T.: How we know what is not so: The fallibility of human reason in everyday life. Free Press, 1991. ISBN 0029117054th
• Gilovich, T., G. Beslky: Why smart people make big money mistakes -and how to correct them: Lessons from the new science of behavioral economics ( revised edition ). Simon and Schuster, 2010 ISBN 1439163367 ( German: The Lemming Principle: Why even clever people in dealing with money making serious mistakes and how to correct financial Publishing, 2007 ISBN 3898792803. ).. .