Elements of Intellectuality in Decision Making

Chatterjee, Sidharta (2022): Elements of Intellectuality in Decision Making.

Abstract

This brief research note stresses the role intellectual and cognitive elements play in critical thinking and decision-making. Critical thinking skills are highly desirable among young adults and students, employees, teachers, and creative artists. The various elements of the functional brain that contribute to critical thinking are those that define our complex cognitive system. Critical thinking, like any other intellectual process, necessitates the use of focused attention, information processing, and reasoning abilities. It is an essential skill that has important applications in decision-making and in various domains of creative endeavors. A competent critical thinker is able to take a more rational approach to decision making. This paper highlights these issues and urges individuals to make space for critical thinking, which is so much in demand in these fast-paced digital environments.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Critical thinking, decision-making, rational choices, Intellectual process
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O34 - Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital

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