Thursday, June 21, 2007

Evaluation sight


“Decision making is characterized by the need to learn about and balance the pros and cons of various options the then, with use of this information, make a choice. This process typically involves making tradeoff across multiple dimensions of value and subjectively weighing the anticipated gains and losses.” Lichtenstein, S. Gregory, R. and Irwin, J. What’s bad is easy: taboo values, affect and cognition. Judgment and Decision Making, V.2 (3) 2007, pp. 160-188.