The cover page says 1999. It does seem like a pretty big time lag. Harry Avis wrote:
> It says someting about the CIA that seems related to our present situation > that the book being referred to has no data later than 1986, What was the > pub date anyway? > > Harry Avis PhD > Sierra College > Rocklin, CA 95677 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Life is opinion - Marcus Aurelius > There is nothing that is good or bad, but that thinking makes it so - > Shakespeare > > >From: Rick Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Cognitive psych in the CIA > >Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 21:00:06 -0600 > > > >This was referred to on the James Randi web site, I haven't had time to > >really look at it, but it could be interesting. The whole text is > >online. > > > >"Psychology of Intelligence Analysis" by Richards J. Heuer, Jr., > >published by the CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence > >http://www.odci.gov/csi/books/19104/. > > > >This is from the preface: > > > >This volume pulls together and republishes, with some editing, updating, > >and additions, articles written during 1978-86 for internal use within > >the CIA Directorate of Intelligence. Four of the articles also appeared > >in the Intelligence Community journal Studies in Intelligence during > >that time frame. The information is relatively timeless and still > >relevant to the never-ending quest for better analysis. > > > >The articles are based on reviewing cognitive psychology literature > >concerning how people process information to make judgments on > >incomplete and ambiguous information. I selected the experiments and > >findings that seem most relevant to intelligence analysis and most in > >need of communication to intelligence analysts. I then translated the > >technical reports into language that intelligence analysts can > >understand and interpreted the relevance of these findings to the > >problems intelligence analysts face. > > > >The result is a compromise that may not be wholly satisfactory to either > >research psychologists or intelligence analysts. Cognitive psychologists > >and decision analysts may complain of oversimplification, while the > >non-psychologist reader may have to absorb some new terminology. > >Unfortunately, mental processes are so complex that discussion of them > >does require some specialized vocabulary. Intelligence analysts who have > >read and thought seriously about the nature of their craft should have > >no difficulty with this book. Those who are plowing virgin ground may > >require serious effort. > > > > > > > >-- > >_____ Rick Stevens > >_____ Psychology Department > >_____ University of Louisiana at Monroe > >_____ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >_____ http://www.ulm.edu/~stevens > > > > > > > >--- > >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- __ Rick Stevens __ Psychology Department __ University of Louisiana at Monroe __ http://www.ulm.edu/~stevens --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
