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Decisive people don’t make better decisions – new research - C C - Jun 7, 2022
https://theconversation.com/decisive-people-dont-make-better-decisions-new-research-183874
EXCERPTS: We surveyed 723 people, from whom we chose the 60 most action-oriented and the 60 most state-oriented to take part in the main experiments. The participants went through a set of cognitive tasks, with low-risk choices...
[...] What we found. The only difference in the two groups, across all the experiments, was that action-oriented people were more confident in their choices. There were no differences in accuracy, speed, cautiousness, bias or sensitivity. The action-oriented group was more confident, despite not being in any way better, faster or more accurate.
Certainly it can seem excessive, and sometimes debilitating, when you can’t even decide what to have for lunch...
[...] But our research suggests that indecisive people are in no way worse at making choices. We can process evidence as fast and harness prior knowledge just as effectively as decisive people...
Being less or more confident of the choice that has been made cannot affect the outcome. It can however influence future ones. State-oriented people are less confident of whether the choice is right, which makes pursuing our goals a much greater challenge... (MORE - missing details)
RE: Decisive people don’t make better decisions – new research - RainbowUnicorn - Jun 7, 2022
confidence is a lie you must believe
RE: Decisive people don’t make better decisions – new research - Leigha - Jun 15, 2022
What a relief, because I've always been pretty indecisive. Decisive people at least make a decision; there are few things worse than chronic indecision - fearing you'll make the wrong decision, so you don't make one at all. When you do make a decision, however, you second guess it for days. Maybe weeks. I admire those who can confidently make decisions (we're talking weighty issues) as it almost seems like a super power of sorts. lol