Psychology of Intelligence Analysis

Name: Psychology of Intelligence Analysis
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Richards J. Heuer, Jr.
ISBN: 9781666677898

Author: Richards J. Heuer, Jr.

Narrator: Scott R. Pollak

Unabridged: 7 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media, LLC

Published: 08/19/2024

Categories: Nonfiction, Psychology, Industrial & Organizational Psychology

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Psychology of Intelligence Analysis has been required reading for intelligence officers studying the art and science of intelligence analysis for decades. Richards Heuer, Jr. discusses in the audiobook how fundamental limitations in human mental processes can prompt people to jump to conclusions and employ other simplifying strategies that lead to predictably faulty judgments known as cognitive biases. These analytic mindsets cannot be avoided, but they can be overcome through the application of more structured and rigorous analytic techniques including the Analysis of Competing Hypotheses. Psychology of Intelligence Analysis is expertly narrated by Scott R. Pollak. This audiobook was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. ©2007 Pherson Associates, LLC (P)

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa on April 16, 2020

Everyone should suck it up and read this, and I don't want to hear about it being dry or boring. Not everything is meant to be entertaining. Learn to think better and we won't be as susceptible to con men and propaganda. Just do it.......more

Goodreads review by ☘Misericordia☘ on April 06, 2016

An in-depth analysis of neurological premises for data analysis and misanalysis. Q: PART I--OUR MENTAL MACHINERY Chapter 1: Thinking About Thinking Chapter 2: Perception: Why Can't We See What Is There to Be Seen? Chapter 3: Memory: How Do We Remember What We Know? PART II--TOOLS FOR THINKING Chapter 4: St......more

Goodreads review by Victor on May 30, 2013

The definitive book on the subject. Even if you are not an intelligence analyst, this should be on your reading list.......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on February 10, 2023

Would Bayes’ theorem, by other words, smell so sweet? Yes, yes it would.......more

Goodreads review by DeAnna on October 30, 2021

An excellent, short book on how intelligence analysts, like the rest of us, screw up their assessments of situations, plus some workarounds. Everyone has bias, but not everyone is responsible to brief the top levels of government with as little bias as possible. The author establishes that 1) having......more