Maule, AJ and Maule, S (2016) Aiding Lay Decision Making Using a Cognitive Competencies Approach. Frontiers in Psychology, 6. ARTN 1884. ISSN 1664-1078
Abstract
Two prescriptive approaches have evolved to aid human decision making: just in time interventions that provide support as a decision is being made; and just in case interventions that educate people about future events that they may encounter so that they are better prepared to make an informed decision when these events occur. We review research on these two approaches developed in the context of supporting everyday decisions such as choosing an apartment, a financial product or a medical procedure. We argue that the lack of an underlying prescriptive theory has limited the development and evaluation of these interventions. We draw on recent descriptive research on the cognitive competencies that underpin human decision making to suggest new ways of interpreting how and why existing decision aids may be effective and suggest a different way of evaluating their effectiveness. We also briefly outline how our approach has the potential to develop new interventions to support everyday decision making and highlight the benefits of drawing on descriptive research when developing and evaluating interventions.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Maule and Maule. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
Keywords: | decision aids; cognitive competencies; improving everyday decision making |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 07 Mar 2016 13:19 |
Last Modified: | 07 Mar 2016 13:19 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01884 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Frontiers Media |
Identification Number: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01884 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:95947 |