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Decision-making
In our daily lives, we are often called upon to make decisions, sometimes
more and sometimes less important. After all, what we are today it has been largely determined by the decisions we have taken against from time. Therefore, our whole life forms a chain of decisions. Decision is the process of choosing a direction of activities among other directions. There is always a person who is going to make a decision, a situation that requires making a decision and certain information that they can be exploited when making the decision. The person is processing mentally consider the alternatives and weigh the possible outcomes based on: a) the possibility that they have to happen and b) the value or utility that they have for himself / herself.
A decision may be the end of a process, but it may lead us to new facts and new situations, where we will still have to make new decisions in order to adapt to the new reality. Undoubtedly, it is always a matter of making the best decisions possible. For this reason, we must, starting from our wishes, weigh very carefully the actual conditions in relation to this decision, the obstacles and difficulties.
The factors that usually influence us in the decision-making process
related to ourselves (for example: values, expectations, interests, emotional state at the time of the decision), but also with our social environment (for example: the people we associate with, the prospects offered, the ability to access sources of information). Of course, we do not all operate in the same way in the decision-making process, since we are influenced to different degrees by different factors. Thus, some rely more on logic, some on intuition and their feelings, while others rely more on external factors, for example, on the opinion of others.
The following questionnaire will help you understand how you usually make your personal decisions:
DECISION-MAKING QUESTIONNAIRE
No matter how important a decision is, we all have a special way of making decisions. In this questionnaire you will determine how you usually make the important decisions of your life. Remember that there is no right or wrong way. There’s only your way. Circle YES if what the sentence expresses usually applies to you or NO if it does not.
| 1 | When it comes to making an important decision, I’m methodical. | YES | NO |
| 2 | I often make a decision that I feel is right for me, but I do not know exactly why I made it. | YES | NO |
| 3 | When making a decision, it is important for me to know what my friends think. | YES | NO |
| 4 | I rarely make an important decision without first gathering all the necessary information. | YES | NO |
| 5 | Even great decisions are made very quickly. | YES | NO |
| 6 | When I face an important decision, I want to have someone guide me in the right direction. | YES | NO |
| 7 | When I make a decision, I take into account its implications for my future decisions. | YES | NO |
| 8 | When I make a decision, I just trust my feelings and my inner reactions. | YES | NO |
| 9 | It is really difficult for me to make important decisions without help. | YES | NO |
| 10 | When I have to make a decision, I think about it very carefully. | YES | NO |
| 11 | I often decide on something, without studying and gathering information about it. | YES | NO |
| 12 | I often make decisions based on what others think and not what I really want. | YES | NO |
| 13 | When I am about to make an important decision, I start thinking about it a long time ago, so that I have time to carefully plan my actions. | YES | NO |
| 14 | When it comes to making a decision, I do not consider it. It’s like the answer is somewhere in my mind and I suddenly know what I have to do. | YES | NO |
| 15 | I rarely do make a decision without talking to my best friend before. | YES | NO |
| 16 | Before I make a decision, I usually cross-check my information to make sure it is correct. | YES | NO |
| 17 | When I decide to do something, I usually use my imagination to see how I will feel after I have made the decision. | YES | NO |
| 18 | I postpone many of my decisions, because when I persistently deal with them, I get overwhelmed with nervousness. | YES | NO |
| 19 | Before I do something important, I carefully plan an action plan. | YES | NO |
| 20 | For most of the decisions I make there is no logical reason. | YES | NO |
| 21 | I think I need a lot of encouragement and psychological support from others in order to make a decision. | YES | NO |
| 22 | I do not make hasty decisions, because I want to be sure that I am making the right decision. | YES | NO |
| 23 | I make decisions completely spontaneously, following my instinct. | YES | NO |
| 24 | Usually I do not make decisions that will upset others. | ΝΑΙ | NO |
| 25 | I usually consider my every decision as a step towards the final goal. | YES | NO |
| 26 | I usually make my decisions based on how things are in my life now and not how they will be in the future. | YES | NO |
| 27 | I do not have much confidence in my ability to make the right decisions, so I usually rely on the opinions of others. | YES | NO |
| 28 | Before making a decision, I want to know as much as possible about its possible consequences. | YES | NO |
| 29 | A decision is right for me if it satisfies me emotionally. | YES | NO |
| 30 | I usually do not have much confidence in my decisions unless my friends help me make them. | YES | NO |
SCORE
Only the proposals to which you answered yes are graded. Give one unit for each YES, grouping the sentences as follows:
Rational Type : 1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28
Intuitive Type: 2 5 8 11 14 17 20 23 26 29
Dependent Type: 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30
After calculating the total of YES answers for each type, focus on the type that collects the most YES. This higher score indicates that you tend to make decisions with the corresponding type.
| Rational Type | This person understands that decisions have consequences, so he makes sure to be well informed and perfectly understand each decision. |
| Intuitive Type | This person perceives that decisions have consequences, but tends to take them emotionally, not understanding them and getting the necessary information. |
| Dependent Type | This person does not realize that decisions have consequences and tends to make choices based on the wishes of others. |
