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The ease of making a decision mediated mood improvement, as intuitive decisions were perceived as easier and therefore strengthening a person’s mood. Interestingly, findings imply that decisions that felt "right," despite how they were made, correlated to an enhanced mood. The study contributes to the theory of intuition and mood regulation.
Ratio decidendi (US: / ˌ r eɪ ʃ i oʊ ˌ d ɪ s aɪ ˈ d ɛ n d i,-d aɪ /; Latin plural rationes decidendi) is a Latin phrase meaning "the reason" or "the rationale for the decision". The ratio decidendi is "the point in a case that determines the judgement" [1] or "the principle that the case establishes".
Another example is a trader who would make a moderate and risky decision to trade their stock due to time pressure and imperfect information of the market at that time. In organisational context, a CEO cannot make fully rational decisions in an ad-hoc situation because their cognition was overwhelmed by a lot of information in that tense situation.
Impulsive decision-making and decision avoidance are two possible paths that extend from decision fatigue. Impulse decisions are made more often when a person is tired of analysis situations or solutions; the solution they make is to act and not think. [28] Decision avoidance is when a person evades the situation entirely by not ever making a ...
The decision to act on a rational decision is also dependent on the unforeseen benefits of the friendship. Homan mentions that actions of humans are motivated by punishment or rewards. This reinforcement through punishments or rewards determines the course of action taken by a person in a social situation as well.
An example of this is decisions relating to further investment in wars. In a war-based scenario, the costs are predominately borne by soldiers and taxpayers. Additionally, decision makers in war scenarios often do not have to directly or immediately bear the costs of their decisions at the same level as soldiers and taxpayers do, hence making ...
In comparison to major life decisions like buying a house, 24% of us confessed to spending more time deliberating smaller, everyday choices. Internal and external factors such as feeling tired (35 ...
Philosophers have sought to eliminate these contradictions by locating right and wrong in a single part of the decision-making process: for example, in the actions we take (e.g. Kant), in our character (e.g. Aristotle, virtue ethics) or in the consequences of our actions (e.g. Utilitarianism).