Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The decisional balance sheet records the advantages and disadvantages of different options. It can be used both for individual and organisational decisions. The balance sheet recognises that both gains and losses can be consequences of a single decision.
Regret theory is a model in theoretical economics simultaneously developed in 1982 by Graham Loomes and Robert Sugden, [1] David E. Bell, [2] and Peter C. Fishburn. [3] Regret theory models choice under uncertainty taking into account the effect of anticipated regret.
A choice is the range of different things from which a being can choose. [1] The arrival at a choice may incorporate motivators and models.. Freedom of choice is generally cherished, whereas a severely limited or artificially restricted choice can lead to discomfort with choosing, and possibly an unsatisfactory outcome.
Manifest functions are the consequences that people see, observe or even expect. It is explicitly stated and understood by the participants in the relevant action. The manifest function of a rain dance, according to Merton in his 1957 Social Theory and Social Structure, is to produce rain, and this outcome is intended and desired by people participating in the ritual.
Choiceless choices" is a term coined by Lawrence Langer in his 1982 book Versions of Survival: The Holocaust and the Human Spirit, to describe the no-win situations faced by Jews during the Holocaust.
The article describes a situation where a series of small, individually rational decisions can negatively change the context of subsequent choices, even to the point where desired alternatives are irreversibly destroyed. Kahn described the problem as a common issue in market economics which can lead to market failure. [1]
The high dropout rates have provoked neither an internal crisis nor a re-evaluation of programming. Stamper dismissed dropouts as “attrition by personal choice.” An addict’s failure is considered a result of not being ready for treatment, never an indication that there might be a problem with the treatment itself.
According to choice theory, mental illness can be linked to personal unhappiness. Glasser champions how we are able to learn and choose alternate behaviors that result in greater personal satisfaction. Reality therapy is a choice theory-based counseling process focused on helping clients learn to make those self-optimizing choices. [citation ...