Drawing on the expertise of a range of international contributors, this volume provides the first integrated exploration of research in individual differences, developmental psychology and judgment and decision-making. Despite the substantial work that has been conducted on the development of judgment and decision-making processes, most of this research has dismissed any heterogeneity in studies as error variance. This book aims to rectify this approach through consideration of the role of individual differences in the development of these processes. It will also introduce new research on theoretical approaches to the field, and the methods used to test them.

Introduction: Development of judgment and decision-making skills meets the study of individual differences - Toplak and Weller; 1. The When and What of Adolescents' Risky Choice- Van Duijvenvoorde, Blankenstein, Crone and Figner 2. Losses loom lasrger than gains when predicting behavioral risk outcomes- Weller, Kim and Leve 3. Decision-making under risk in adolescents- Primi, Donati, Chiesi and Panno 4. Gist is sophisticated yet simple- Weldon, Corbin, Garavito and Reyna 5. Temporal discounting and associations with cognitive abilities and adhd-related difficulties in a developmental sample- Toplak, Hosseini and Basile 6. Reflective thought and actively open-minded thinking- Baron, Gurcay and Metz 7. Individual differences in decision-making competence in different age groups- Bruine de Bruin and Parker 8. Perspective-taking abilities across the lifespan- Giroux, Coburn, Connolly and Bernstein 9. The link between math and logic in adolescence- Morsanyi, Kahl and Rooney 10. Mullet, Hofmans and Schlottmann; afterword- Levin