Karl Halvor Teigen
Professor; Cand. psychol. (University of Oslo)

Research interests
Judgment and decision making, subjective probabilities, cognitive psychology, social cognition, history of psychology

Recent publications
Teigen, K. H. (in press). Intuitive versus analytic abilities: The case of words versus numbers. Invited commentary to K. E. Stanovich and R. F. West: Individual differences in reasoning: Implications for the rationality debate? Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

Teigen, K. H. & Brun, W. (2000). Ambiguous probabilities: When does p=0.3 reflect a possibility, and when does it express a doubt? Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 13, 345-362..

Teigen, K. H. (2000). Norway. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Psychology, Vol. 5. Washington DC: American Psychological Association & Oxford University Press.

Teigen, K. H., Normann, H.T.E., Bjørkheim, J. O. & Helland, S. (2000). Who would you most like to be like? Adolescents' ideals at the beginning and the end of a century. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 44.

Teigen, K. H., Brun. W. & Frydenlund, R. (1999). Judgments of risk and probability: The role of frequentistic information. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 12, 123-139.

Teigen, K. H., Skoe, E. E., Lindgren, T. & Storjord, T. (1999). Psykologistudentene og sjelen. Norske og amerikanske studenters oppfatninger av begrepet sjel hos mennesker og dyr. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening, 36, 412-421.

Teigen, K. H. (1999). Hundre års psykologi - et bibliometrisk tilbakeblikk. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening, 36, 422-427.

Teigen, K. H., Evensen, P. C., Samoilow, D.K. & Vatne, K.B. (1999). Good and bad luck: How to tell the difference. European Journal of Social Psychology, 29, 981-1010.

Teigen, K. H. (1999). Bedömning och beslut. I D. Araï, Introduktion till kognitiv psykologi (pp. 160-201). Stockholm: Studentlitteratur.

Teigen, K. H. (1999). "God dag, mann!"- "P.05". Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening, 36, 1033-1035.

Teigen, K. H. & Brun, W. (1999). The directionality of verbal probability expressions: Effects on decisions, predictions, and probabilistic reasoning. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 80, 155-190.

Teigen, K. H. (1999). Smedslund the illusionist: How psychology came to look like a deductive science. Invited commentary to J. Smedslund: Psychologic and the study of memory. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 40, 89-92.

Teigen, K. H. (1998). When the unreal is more likely than the real: Post hoc probability judgments and counterfactual closeness. Thinking and Reasoning, 4, 147-177.

Teigen, K. H. (1998). Hazards mean luck: Counterfactual thinking and perceptions of good and bad fortune in reports of dangerous situations and careless behavior. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 39, 235-248.

Teigen, K. H. (1998). Terningen er kastet: Strategier for håndtering av usikkerhet og sjanser. Impuls, 52 (2), 8-17.

Teigen, K. H. & Normann, H.-T. E. (1998). From George Washington to myself: A century of research on children's ideals. In J. Good (ed.). ESHHS (European Society for the History of the Human Sciences): Proceedings of the XVIIth annual conference (pp. 117-122). Durham: University of Durham.

Teigen, K. H. (1998). Sansning. Persepsjon. Emosjoner. Motivasjon. Sosialpsykologi. 5 kapitler i G. H. Nielsen og K. Raaheim (red.), En innføringsbok i psykologi for universiteter og høgskoler (pp. 153-209, 531-551). Oslo: Cappelen Akademisk forlag.

Teigen, K. H. (1997). Trekk av det ubevisstes historie. I G. Overskeid og F. Svartdal (red.), Det ubevisste og moderne vitenskap (pp. 11-27). Oslo: Ad Notam Gyldendal.

Teigen, K. H. (1997). Hva er psykologi? Emner, problemstillinger og historiske røtter. Persepsjon: Hvordan vi oppfatter omgivelsene. Hukommelse og glemsel. Tenkning. Tilnærminger til forståelse av personligheten. Bedømming og beslutninger. 6 kapitler i F. Svartdal (red.), Psykologi: En introduksjon (pp. 16-32, 68-85, 127-156, 174-191 og 296-314). Oslo: Ad Notam Gyldendal.

Teigen, K. H. & Brun, W. (1997). Anticipating the future: Appraising risk and unertainty. In R. Ranyard, R. Crozier and O. Svenson (Eds.), Decision making: Cognitive models and explanations (pp. 112-127). London: Routledge.

Teigen, K. H. (1997). Luck, envy, and gratitude: It could have been different. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 38, 313-323.

Teigen, K. H. (1996). Luck: The art of a near miss. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 37, 156-171.

Teigen. K. H. (1996). The Hunting of the Risk. Book review of J. Frank Yates (ed.), "Risk-taking behavior". Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 9, 73-74.

Teigen, K. H., Martinussen, M. & Lund, T. (1996). Linda vs. World Cup: Conjunctive probabilities in three-event fictional and real-life predictions. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 9, 77-93.

Teigen, K. H. (1996). Psykologi. I N. Roll-Hansen, J. Goksøyr, L. M. Irgens, K. B. Helle, T. J. Bertelsen, R. K. Lie, A. Nernæs, K. A. Selvig, F. W. Thue, S. Bagge og K. H. Teigen, Universitetet i Bergens historie, Bind II (pp. 710-742). Bergen: Universitetet i Bergen.

Teigen, K. H. (1996). Decision making in two worlds. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 65, 249- 251.

Teigen, K. H., Martinussen, M. & Lund, T. (1996). Conjunction errors in the prediction of referendum outcomes: Effects of attitude and realism. Acta Psychologica, 93, 91-105.

Teigen, K. H. (1996). On the origin of 'laws' in contemporary psychology. In I. Staeuble, J. Good & S. Bem (Eds.), Cheiron- Europe: 15th annual conference (pp. 121-125). Leiden: Leiden University.

Teigen, K. H. & Brun, W. (1995). Yes, but it is uncertain: Direction and communicative intention of verbal probabilistic terms. Acta Psychologica, 88, 233-258.

Teigen, K. H. (1995). How good is good luck? The role of counterfactual thinking in the perception of lucky and unlucky events. European Journal of Social Psychology, 25, 281- 302.

Teigen, K. H. & Brun, W. (1995). Risk perception: A problem solving perspective. In T. Helstrup, G. Kaufmann and K. H. Teigen (Eds.), Problem solving and cognitive processes: Essays in honor of Kjell Raaheim (pp. 249-264). Bergen: Fagbokforlaget.

Teigen, K. H. (1994). Yerkes-Dodson: A law for all seasons. Theory and Psychology, 4, 525-547.

Teigen, K. H. (1994). Variants of subjective probabilities: Concepts, norms, and biases. In G. Wright and P. Ayton (Eds.), Subjective probability (pp. 211-238). London: Wiley.

Teigen, K. H. (1994). Actions, inactions, and the temporal dimension. Invited commentary to: J. Baron: Nonconsequentialist decisions. Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 17, 30-31.

Teigen, K. H. (1994). Sannheten om lille Albert. Impuls, 48(3), 89-92.

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E-mail: karlht@psyk.uit.no

Department of Psychology, University of Tromsø, Norway