Psychology of intelligence analysis
(2020)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Burtyrki Books, 2020
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Made available through hoopla
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781839743054 (electronic bk.) MWT13285360, 1839743050 (electronic bk.) 13285360
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
In this seminal work, published by the C.I.A. itself, produced by Intelligence veteran Richards Heuer discusses three pivotal points. First, human minds are ill-equipped ("poorly wired") to cope effectively with both inherent and induced uncertainty. Second, increased knowledge of our inherent biases tends to be of little assistance to the analyst. And lastly, tools and techniques that apply higher levels of critical thinking can substantially improve analysis on complex problems
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