Staff Bios
Andrew M. Parker 
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Associate Behavioral Scientist Pittsburgh Office |
EducationPh.D. and M.S.in behavioral decision theory, M.S., in statistics, Carnegie Mellon University; B.A. in psychology/statistics, University of Michigan |
ExpertiseIndividual differences in decision making; expectations; risk perception, risk communication, and risk taking; group decision making; confidence in judgment |
Policy AreasAging and cognition; at-risk populations; public health preparedness |
Selected Publications
Bruine de Bruin, W., Parker, A. M., & Fischhoff, B. (2007). Can teens predict significant life events? Journal of Adolescent Health, 41, 208-210.
Bruine de Bruin, W., Parker, A. M., & Fischhoff, B. (2007). Individual differences in Adult Decision-Making Competence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 938-956.
Parker, A. M., & Fischhoff, B. (2005). Decision-making competence: External validation through an individual-differences approach. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 18, 1-27.
Giancola, P. R., & Parker, A. M. (2001). A six year prospective study of pathways toward drug use in adolescent boys with and without a family history of a substance use disorder. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 62, 166-178.
Stone, E.R., Yates, J.F., & Parker, A.M. (1997). Effects of numerical and graphical displays on professed risk-taking behavior. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 3, 243-256.
Stone, E.R., Yates, J.F., & Parker, A.M. (1994). Risk communication: Absolute versus relative expressions of low-probability risks. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 60, 387-408.
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