Learning Objectives

  • Recognize the difference between reasoning and decision-making
     
  • Differentiate among the types of reasoning
     
  • Apply the phases of decision-making to a dilemma
     
  • Describe common cognitive illusions that cause errors in decision-making
     
  • Compare and contrast the expected utility theory and the multiattribute utility theory
     
  • Analyze the differences and similarities in descriptive models of decision-making
     
  • Summarize various neurological studies involving reasoning and decision-making