ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY

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Risk Management and Decision Making — Ecological Validity

Information on Ecological Validity

Ecological validity describes the situation where recognition-primed decision-making, based on relevant mental shortcuts or heuristics is highly effective in a specific environment.

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