Learning causality in a complex world : understandings of
consequence Source:Rowman & Littlefield Education, Lanham,
Maryland (2012) Call Number:Cubb BD591 .G765 2012 Contents:
Introduction -- Simple linear causality : one thing makes
another happen -- The cognitive science of simple causality :
why do we get stuck? -- Domino causality : effects that become
causes -- Cyclic causality : loops and feedback -- Spiraling
causality : escalation and de-escalation -- Mutual causality :
symbiosis and bi-directionality -- Relational causality :
balances and differentials -- Across time and distance :
detecting delayed and distant effects -- "What happened?" vs.
"what's going on?" : thinking about steady states -- What you
can't see does matter : attending to obvious and non-obvious
causes -- It's not always a case of who did it : minding passive
and unintentional causality -- Step by step, or not : the mind-
bending concept of simultaneous causality -- Figuring out what
to count on : dealing with stochastic causality -