Prosumer Behavior: Decision Making with Bounded Horizon (original) (raw)

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Vigilant and hypervigilant decision making

Journal of Applied Psychology, 1997

Recent studies have argued that deficient decision making under stress is due to adoption of a hypervigilant style of decision making, which has been characterized as disorganized and inefficient. However, under the conditions that characterize many real-world or naturalistic tasks, a hypervigilant pattern of decision making may be adaptive, because the decision maker does not have the luxury of implementing a more elaborate analytic procedure. This study examined the effectiveness of vigilant and hypervigilant decisionmaking strategies on a naturalistic task. Results indicated that participants who used a hypervigilant decision-making strategy performed better than those who used a vigilant strategy. Implications for decision making in naturalistic environments are discussed. presented a model of decision making in which they distinguished between vigilant and hypervigilant decision-making patterns. The vigilant decision-making process is characterized by (a) a systematic, organized information search, (b) thorough consideration of all available alternatives, (c) devotion of sufficient time to evaluate each alternative, and (d) the reexamination and review of data before making a decision. Vigilant decision making is described as an ideal pattern of decision making in which the decision maker "searches painstakingly for relevant information, assimilates information in an unbiased manner, and appraises alternatives carefully before making a choice" (Janis, 1982, p.73). This vigilant, analytic pattern of decision making, they concluded, generally results in high-quality decisions. However, certain conditions such as sudden, unexpected threat or time pressure may give rise to a hypervigilant pattern of behavior. In contrast to vigilant decision making, a hypervigilant pattern of decision making is characterized by (a) a nonsystematic or selective information

Conclusion: Looking to the Future

Contemporary Hong Kong Government and Politics, 2012

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