Department
Cognitive Science
Journal Title
Personality and Individual Differences
Publication Date
2006
Volume No.
41
Issue No.
4
First Page
629
Last Page
639
Publisher
Elsevier
File Name
052_Galotti-Kathleen_DecisionMakingStylesInARealLifeDecisionChoosingACollegeMajor.pdf
Keywords
Decision-making styles, Decision-making, Individual differences, Affective reactions to decisions
Abstract
Undergraduate students were surveyed at the beginning stages of a potentially life-framing decision: choosing a college major. We investigated the relationships among individual difference variables (decision-making styles, planning proclivities, and epistemological orientations), cognitive measures of performance (e.g., amount of information gathered and considered); and affective reactions to, and descriptive ratings of, the decision-making process. There were few significant relationships between individual differences and performance measures. However, there were significant relationships found between individual differences measures and affective reactions to, or descriptive ratings of, the decision-making process. We suggest that stylistic measures have their effects in the way individuals frame the decision-making process rather than in the way they go about gathering or structuring information.
Rights Management
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RoMEO Color
Green
Preprint Archiving
Yes (with link to journal home page)
Postprint Archiving
Yes
Publisher PDF Archiving
No
Paid OA Option
Yes
Contributing Organization
Carleton College
Type
Article
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
DOI
10.1016/j.paid.2006.03.003
Recommended Citation
Galotti, K. M., Ciner, E., Altenbaumer, H. E., Geerts, H. J., Rupp, A., & Woulfe, J. (2006). Decision-making Styles in a Real-Life Decision: Choosing a College Major. Personality and Individual Differences, 41 (4): 629-639.Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2006.03.003. Accessed via Faculty Work. Cognitive Science. Carleton Digital Commons. https://digitalcommons.carleton.edu/cgsc_faculty/1
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2006.03.003
