Gary A. Klein (born February 5, 1944 in New York, NY) is a research psychologist famous for his work in pioneering the field of naturalistic decision making. By studying experts such as firefighters in their natural environment, he discovered that laboratory models of decision making couldn’t describe decision-making under uncertainty. His Recognition Primed Decision (RPD) model has influenced changes in the ways the Marines and Army train their officers to make decisions. He has also developed methods such as Cognitive Task Analysis (CTA) to gather data in complex domains. Klein received his B.A. in Psychology from CCNY in New York, NY (1964) and his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh (1969). Currently, he is Chief Scientist at Klein Associates and his collaborators include Daniel Kahneman. Decision making is the cognitive process of selecting a course of action from among multiple alternatives. ... Daniel Kahneman Daniel Kahneman (born March 5, 1934 in Tel Aviv, in the then British Mandate of Palestine, now in Israel), is a key pioneer and theorist of behavioral finance, which integrates economics and cognitive science to explain seemingly irrational risk management behavior in human beings. ...

Sources

• Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions, by Gary A. Klein
• The Power of Intuition : How to Use Your Gut Feelings to Make Better Decisions at Work, by Gary Klein
• Decision Making in Action : Models and Methods (Cognition and Literacy), by Gary A. Klein, Judith Orasanu, and Roberta Calderwood

External links

• http://www.decisionmaking.com/