Mental Process
decision making
de·ci·sion mak·ing
Subclass of:
Thinking, function
Definitions related to decision making:
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Process of making a selective intellectual judgment when presented with several complex alternatives consisting of several variables, and usually defining a course of action or an idea.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The process of making a selective intellectual judgment when presented with several complex alternatives consisting of several variables, and usually defining a course of action or an idea.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Decision making, process and logic through which individuals arrive at a decision. Different models of decision making lead to dramatically different analyses and predictions. Decision-making theories range from objective rational decision making, which assumes that individuals will make the same...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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