Title: Decision-Making | Psychology Today
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The Art of Decision-Making
What are the types of decision-making?
What is informed decision-making?
What are the methods of good decision-making?
How to Make Good Decisions
How do you know if you’ve made a good decision?
What skills are necessary when making decisions?
How can you sharpen your decision-making skills?
Avoiding Bad Decisions
How can I help someone who makes bad decisions?
How do people rationalize bad decisions?
Can people have too many options?
Can too many people ruin the decision-making process?

Content: Created with Sketch. In the 2000s, Barry Schwarz coined the phrase the paradox of choice to describe the fact that American consumers have so many choices from which to choose that they often waste time and mind-space second-guessing themselves and comparing trivial differences. Can too many people ruin the decision-making process? Created with Sketch. When a large number of people are involved in making a decision, the process can be usurped by groupthink. Groupthink is when well-intentioned individuals make poor or irrational choices out of a desire to conform or avoid dissent. As a result, group members may feel pressured to ignore ethical considerations and refrain from expressing natural doubts and concerns.