Decision Making Skills

Running head: DECISION MAKING SKILLS 1
Decision Making Skills
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DECISION MAKING SKILLS
Quiz 1
a) Stress impairs the abilities of the group in making good decisions (Song & Lindquist,
2015). This is because when individuals are stressed, they often make quick decisions without
considering all the available possibilities.
Secondly, when individuals are stressed, they always succumb to what is known as the
reflection effect (Campbell et al. 2019). This is the act of making conservative decisions
especially when there is an opportunity of gaining something when there is an opportunity of
losing something.
Thirdly, stress can also make a group suffer from what is known as decision fatigue. The
group will be unable to make a decision because of the depletion of their self-control.
b) During my first year in college, we were put in groups to solve a problem. At first, we
had high hopes for our group, but along the way, we feel frustrated because we were unable to
solve the assigned task. We came to realized that stress is one of the factors that are holding us
back.
I and my group members overcame stress by drawing up comprehensive plans for the
assigned task (Lloyd, Bond & Flaxman, 2017). My group members had to plan by looking at
things that need to be done to the assignment. After proper planning, we were able to solve the
problem as a group.
Quiz 2
A non-decision decision refers to choosing not to make a decision. This can either be
done passively or actively. An active non-decision decision is the same as rational decision
making (Sato et al. 2018). In an active non-decision decision, an individual assesses the present

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situation; recognize the available options and after that, he/she reviews the cons and pros of the
alternatives. The person then decides not to select the options and conclude that he/she is doing
the best thing. An example is a situation where an individual evaluating the cons and pros of
improving his or her grade and then remaining the same.
b) The reason why individuals may select the passive approach is that most of them fear
change and the next is that they fail to take into consideration the available solutions to the main
problem.
c) The main example of the passive approach is a situation where an individual decides
not to study well, because he/she has failed to take into consideration the solutions to the
problem such as taking extra classes or attending to tuition, among others. An individual may
also be afraid of facing the peers mocking.
d) Some of the ways people can avoid a passive approach in making a non-decision
decision are by considering all the available alternatives that can help in solving the situation,
and then evaluate all of them and then select the best one of all the alternatives (Young, 2017).
Next is, an individual should not have a fear of change. Additional support from family and
friends is important when an individual is taking steps for a good change.
Quiz 3
a) Intuition refers to the ability to have a grasp on information or a situation without the
need for reasoning. Intuition is used to describe something that is perceived, known, believed by
instinct, rather than by use of conscious reasoning, rational processes. According to research,
most individuals have an intuitive sense of wrong and right. They are able to understand or know
something because of feelings instead of proof or facts. According to psychologists, women are
often more intuitive than men (Okoli & Watt, 2018). Intuition is receiving ideas and input
without knowing or understanding exactly where and how you got them from. Intuition attempts