Decision Making

Question 1

Impulse

Answer 1

Strategy in which a person goes with their first reaction

Question 2

Escape

Answer 2

Strategy in which a person avoids a decision or makes up an answer to deflect an injury

Question 3

Procrastination

Answer 3

Strategy in which a person delays making the decision until someone else makes the decision or until options disappear; deciding “by defaultÜ

Question 4

Compliance

Answer 4

Strategy in which a person hands over control or lets someone else decide

Question 5

Agony

Answer 5

Strategy in which a person considers every detail of every option over and over again

Question 6

Play It Safe

Answer 6

Strategy in which a person chooses the alternative with the lowest level of risk

Question 7

Decision-making Process

Answer 7

Consists of seven steps— identifying the decision to be made, gathering information, listing all the possible alternatives of each choice, weighing the evidence, selecting the best choice, making the decision, and evaluating the decision

Question 8

Stagnation

Answer 8

To stop developing, growing, progressing, or advancing

Question 9

Values

Answer 9

A person’s principles of standards of behavior; one’s judgment of what is important in life

Question 10

Priorities

Answer 10

A thing which is regarded as more important than others

Question 11

Environment

Answer 11

Combination of surroundings, conditions, or influences