Publication, Teaching Resource
2021
Resource Pack: Role of Heuristics in Avalanche Education
Making decisions about backcountry skiing requires one to predict, manage, and mitigate avalanche risk. Individuals …
Making decisions about backcountry skiing requires one to predict, manage, and mitigate avalanche risk. Individuals need to understand and be comfortable with the language of probability, as well as appreciate the cognitive biases that can come into play in the context of decision making. This collection includes articles that range from early attempts to identify “heuristic traps,” based on a retrospective analysis of avalanche accidents in the United States more than 20 years ago, to…
Probability/Bayes
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Decision Psychology
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Climate/Environment
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Injuries/Accidents
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Culture/Society
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College
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Graduate
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Doctoral
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Professional
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Critical Thinking/Analysis
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Decision Making/Leadership