Psychology in Action

Tag: Decision Making

  • Bayesian Reasoning: Navigation through Uncertain Decisions

    Bayesian Reasoning: Navigation through Uncertain Decisions

    Bayesian Reasoning: What is it and how can it help our decision-making? In this article, we explain the Bayes’ Theorem, discuss contexts where bayesian reasoning is important, and review research on how to improve one’s bayesian reasoning.

  • Ideal Affect: How What You Want to Feel Can Impact Your Choices

    Ideal Affect: How What You Want to Feel Can Impact Your Choices

    For the most part, people want to feel good things, such as feeling excited, enthusiastic, calm, or relaxed. But according to affect valuation theory, the type of good feelings people strive for—or their ideal affect—impacts the kind of behavior they engage in.

  • Stress Affects Risk Taking Differently for Men and Women

    by Andrew Sanders and Kate Humphreys Making decisions can be a difficult task. How do we choose to get from point A to point B? Does our decision change whether we are running late for an important engagement? Does stress facilitate our decision making, and if so, does it matter whether we are trying to…

  • Decision Making: Biology, Free-Will and Accountability

    The concept of decision making, has been a central focus of intellectual pursuit since the dawn of man. Previously a philosophical and theological discussion, in recent years this task has been taken up by neuroscientists and biological psychologists. This blog entry will consist of two sections. The first is a brief overview of some of…