Mental Process
decision making
de·ci·sion mak·ing
Subclass of:
Thinking, function
Definitions related to decision making:
  • 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 Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • 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 Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • 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
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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