Encyclopedia Development
Your personal tool for organizing concepts and mechanisms from development and psychology. We skip academic formulas in favor of clear definitions, cognitive biases, and self-reflection questions that help you name your states precisely.
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Choice
Choice is the indication of one possibility among several available options, according to criteria, values, constraints or impulse.
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Clarity of criteria
Criterion clarity is the definition by which we evaluate the selection, progress, quality or completion of an activity.
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Cognitive biases
Cognitive biases are systematic shortcuts and distortions in thinking that influence the evaluation of information, people, and decisions.
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Cognitive closure
Cognitive closure is the need for a quick, clear answer and an end to cognitive uncertainty.
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Cognitive economy
Cognitive economy is the tendency of the mind to reduce effort through simplification, mental shortcuts and automation of decisions.
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Decision boundaries
Decision boundaries are predefined criteria, thresholds, or conditions that tell you when to make, change, or stop a decision.
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Decision fatigue
Decision fatigue is a decline in the quality of decisions or a feeling of overload after many choices, especially when…
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Decision horizon
The decision horizon is the range of time, consequences and data that we take into account when making decisions.
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Decision muscles
Decision muscles are a practical term for the ability to make choices, which is strengthened by regular, conscious decisions.
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Decision risk
Decision risk is the possibility that a choice will have consequences other than expected, especially in the presence of incomplete…
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Decision scenarios
Decision scenarios are possible futures used to prepare decisions, responses and contingency plans.
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Decision-making caution
Cautious decision-making is the conscious consideration of risk, data, and consequences before making an important choice.
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