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Judgment and Decision-Making

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[Psychological theories explain judgments and decisions and specify the processes underlying them. Judgments and decisions can take into account a lot or a little information; they can be fast or slow; and they can be based on conscious thought or on routines.

Various factors can exert undesirable influences on judgments and decisions in sport. These include prior knowledge, audience noise, and the judgments and decisions of others. For example, studies in sports psychology suggest that earlier decisions of sports officials influence later decisions; that sports officials’ judgments are more severe when spectators are noisy; and that members of panels of judges are influenced by the judgments of other members.

Judgments and decisions in sport can be improved through interventions. A basic scientific understanding of the respective judgment or decision process is helpful for this purpose.]

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    Geoffrey Schweizer & Henning Plessner

  2. La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

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Schweizer, G., Plessner, H., MacMahon, C. (2023). Judgment and Decision-Making. In: Schüler, J., Wegner, M., Plessner, H., Eklund, R.C. (eds) Sport and Exercise Psychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-03921-8_5

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