Rational, normative, descriptive, prescriptive, or choice behavior? The search for integrative metatheory of decision making.

Abstract

Decision making, integral to everyday behavior, is the subject of thousands of studies each year. Its long history has led to the emergence of several competing models in the cognitive literature. Meanwhile, behaviorist analysts have carefully studied the mechanisms underlying choice behavior, including the value of reinforcement. Criteria for comparing and contrasting competing models of decision making are generated. Cognitive and behavioral perspectives are analyzed and integrated by emphasizing their commonalities in understanding behavior. The benefits of integrating models of decision making for understanding behavioral development are weighed against the challenges of such as endeavor.

Proceedings of the European Union’s Contention in the Reshaping Global Economy

“…It is in fact true that the majority of papers studying the behavioural aspects of decision-making appeared after Simon's 1960 resurgence of the study of human behaviour as a contributor to decision-making, however, even the earliest economists like Adam Smith or John Maynard Keynes acknowledged that emotions or psychological factors both have a prominent role in explaining the outcomes of economic decisions (Szántó 2011). Hence behavioural economics have made their way into the study of decision-making and provide useful help in understanding how and why financial decisions are made at not only individual, but company level as well (McFall 2015). Swami (2013) provides an overview of decision-making in company setting with special focus on managerial functions.…”

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“…Karar vermenin en geniş tanımlarından birisi de; karar vermenin iki veya daha fazla seçenek arasından bir eylemin ya da eylemsizliğin seçildiği içsel süreci içerdiği şeklindedir ve bir davranışla sonuçlanabilir veya sonuçlanmayabilir (McFall, 2015). Yönetsel anlamda ise "alternatiflerin değerlendirildiği ve seçimin yapıldığı süreç" olarak ifade edilir (Hambrick & Mason, 1984).…”

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