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Chapterm1:mDecisionmMaking,mProblemmSolving,mCriticalmThinking,mandmClinicalmReasoning:mRequisit
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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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D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of
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Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosin
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g a particular course of action. Problem solving is part of decision makin
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g and is a systematic process that focuses on analyzing a difficult situatio
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n. Critical thinking, sometimes referred to asreflective thinking, is relate
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d to evaluation and has a broader scope than decision making and proble
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2. Whatmismamweaknessmofmthemtraditionalmproblem-solvingmmodel?
A) Itsmneedmformimplementationmtime
B) Itsmlackmofmamstepmrequiringmevaluationmofmresults
C) Itsmfailuremtomgathermsufficientmdata
D) Itsmfailuremtomevaluate
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The traditional problem-
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solving model is less effective when time constraints are a consideration.
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mDecision making can occur without the full analysis required in problem
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solving. Because problem solNving attempts to identify the root problem i
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n situations, much time and energy are spent on identifying the real probl
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3. Whichmofmthemfollowingmstatementsmismtruemregardingmdecisionmmaking?
A) Scientificmmethodsmprovidemidenticalmdecisionsmbymdifferen
t individuals for the same problems
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B) Decisions are greatly influenced by each person's value system
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C) Personal beliefs can be adjusted for when the scientific approac
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h to problem solving is used
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D) Past experience has little to do with the quality of th
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Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of thi
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nking will influence a person's decision making. No matter how objectiv
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e the criteria will be, value judgments will always play a part in a
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Person’s decision making, either consciously or subconsciously.
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4. Whatminfluencesmthemqualitymofmamdecisionmmostmoften?
A) Themdecisionmmaker'smimmediatemsuperior
B) Themtypemofmdecisionmthatmneedsmtombemmade
C) Questionsmaskedmandmalternativesmgenerated
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The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decis
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ion maker, the better the final decision will be. The alternatives generate
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d and the final choices are limited by each person's value system.
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5. Whatmdoesmknowledgemaboutmgoodmdecisionmmakingmleadmonemtombelieve?
A) Goodmdecisionmmakersmaremusuallymright-brain,mintuitivemthinkers
B) Effectivemdecisionmmakersmaremsensitivemtomthemsituationmandmtomothers
C) Goodmdecisionsmaremusuallymmadembymleft-brain,mlogicalmthinkers
D) Goodmdecisionmmakingmrequiresmanalyticalmrathermthanmcreativ
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Good decision makers seem to have antennae that make them particularly
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msensitive to other people and situations. Left-
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brain thinkers are typically better at processing language, logic, numbers,
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mand sequential ordering, whereas right-
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brain thinkers excel at nonverbal ideation and holistic synthesizing.
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6. Whatmismthembestmdefinitionmofmdecisionmmaking?
A) Themplanningmprocessmofmmanagement
B) Themevaluationmphasemofmthemexecutivemrole
C) Onemstepminmthemproblem-solvingmprocess
D) Requiredmtomjustifymthemneedmfor
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