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Kuhnle, Claudia; Sinclair, Marta – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
The presented study evaluates whether the decision mode for engaging in a task is relevant not only for the quality of the experience during an activity, as reflected in the occurrence of motivational interference and the possibility to enter flow, but also for the experience of regret. Intuitive in contrast to deliberative decision mode is…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Learning Processes, Intuition, Predictor Variables
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Miller, Paul M.; Fagley, Nancy S.; Casella, Nancy E. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2009
Research indicates people's decisions can sometimes be influenced by seemingly trivial differences in the "framing" (i.e., wording) of alternative options. The tendency to prefer risk averse options when framed positively and risky options when framed negatively is known as the framing effect. The current study examined the susceptibility of…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Principals, Gender Differences, Risk
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Klein, Joseph – International Journal of Educational Management, 2010
Purpose: The literature indicates the advantages of decisions formulated through intuition, as well as the limitations, such as lack of consistency in similar situations. The principle of consistency (invariance), requiring that two equivalent versions of choice-problems will produce the same preference, is violated in intuitive judgment. This…
Descriptors: Intuition, Decision Making, Content Analysis, Reliability