David R. Mandel
Dr. Mandel is a senior Defence Scientist in the Intelligence Group of the Intelligence, Influence, and Collaboration Section of Defence Research and Development Canada’s Toronto Research Centre. At York University, he is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology.
Dr. Mandel is interested in a wide range of topics dealing with human judgment and decision-making under conditions of risk and uncertainty. He enjoys devising studies that test methods used to purportedly improve judgment quality and writes on the importance of scientifically testing beliefs about “good ideas” to determine what truly works and what doesn’t, especially in the area of intelligence analysis.
Primary Interests:
- Aggression, Conflict, Peace
- Applied Social Psychology
- Attitudes and Beliefs
- Causal Attribution
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Intergroup Relations
- Interpersonal Processes
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Neuroscience, Psychophysiology
- Political Psychology
- Research Methods, Assessment
- Social Cognition
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Journal Articles:
- Dhami, M. K., & Mandel, D. R. (2021). Words or numbers? Communicating probability in intelligence analysis. American Psychologist, 76(3), 549-560.
- Karvetski, C. W., Mandel, D. R. (2020). Coherence of probability judgments from uncertain evidence: Does ACH help? Judgment and Decision Making, 15(6), 939-958.
- Mandel, D. R., & Irwin, D. (2020). Uncertainty, intelligence, and national security decisionmaking. International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, 34(3), 558-582.
- Mandel, D. R., Wallsten, T. S., & Budescu, D. V. (2020). Numerically-bounded language schemes are unlikely to communicate uncertainty effectively. Earth's Future, 9(1), e2020EF001526.
Courses Taught:
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Research Methods in Judgment and Decision Making Research
- Research Methods in Psychology
- Social Cognition
- Survey of Social Psychology
- Topics in Judgment and Decision Making
David R. Mandel
Department of Psychology
York University
4700 Keele Street
North York, Ontario M3J 1P3
Canada
- Skype Name: davidrmandel
