Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research and Everyday Experience, 3rd Edition

(Tina Meador) #1

Reasoning and


Decision Making


These doctors are involved in reasoning, which is the process of drawing conclusions, and decision


making, which is choosing between alternatives. Both of these processes come into play as the doctors


decide on a diagnosis based on information in the X-ray and other information about the patient’s


history and symptoms.


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