Glossary Terms

Coherence versus Correspondence In decision scienceThe term behavioral decision sciences refers to an interdisciplinary field that combines psychology, economics, statistics, computer science, and management science to understand how individuals, groups,... More, the terms “coherence” and “correspondence” refer to two different criteria for evaluating the quality or correctness of, beliefs, judgments, or decisions. “Coherence” relates to their internal consistency. A coherent judgment is one that logically aligns with a person’s other beliefs or with accepted rules of logic and probability theory. […]