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Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for suc
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1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
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A) It is an analysis of a situation
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B) It is closely related to evaluation
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C) It involves choosing between courses of action
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ss that focuses on analyzing a difficult situation. Critical thinking, sometimes referre
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on making and problem solving.
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2. What
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3. C) Its failure to gather sufficient data
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4. D) Its failure to evaluate alternatives
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The traditional problem-
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solving model is less effective when time constraints are a consideration. Decision m
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aking can occur without the full analysis required in problem solving. Because proble
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msolving attempts to identify the root problem in situations, much time and energy
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are spent on identifying the real problem.
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4. What influences the quality of a decision most often? A) The decision ma
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B) The type of decision that needs to be made
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The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decision maker, th
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e better the finaldecision will be. The alternatives generated and the final choices are li
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mited by each persons value system.
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5. What
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2. B) Effective decision makers are sensitive to the situation and to others
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3. C) Good decisions are usually made by left-brain, logical thinkers
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4. D) Good decision making requires analytical rather than creative processes
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Ans: B Feedback:
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brain thinkers are typically better at processing language, logic, numbers, andsequenti
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al ordering, whereas right-
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brain thinkers excel at nonverbal ideation and holistic synthesizing.
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does knowledge about good decision making lead one to believe?
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2. B) The evaluation phase of the executive role
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3. C) One step in the problem-solving process
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4. D) Required to justify the need for scarce items
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course of action.Decision making, one step in the problem-
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solving process, is an important task that relies heavily on critical thinking and clinical
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7. If decision making is triggered by a problem with what does it end?
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1. A) An alternative problem
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2. B) A chosen course of action
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3. C) An action that guarantees success
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4. D) A restatement of the solution
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3. C) Our values remain unchanged over time
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4. D) Our values often collide with one another
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Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of thinking will inf
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luence a persons decision making. No matter how objective the criteria will be, value
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judgments will always play a part ina persons decision making, either consciously or s
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