Grade 11 Social Studies: Decision Making
This worksheet focuses on developing critical decision-making skills for Grade 11 social studies students, covering various models and factors influencing choices.
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Grade 11 Social Studies: Decision Making
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Read each question carefully and provide thoughtful responses. This worksheet aims to explore your understanding of decision-making processes in social contexts.
1. Which of the following is NOT typically considered a stage in the rational decision-making model?
Identifying the problem
Generating alternatives
Ignoring consequences
Evaluating options
2. What is the primary role of values in the decision-making process?
To complicate the process
To serve as guiding principles
To limit available choices
To speed up the process
3. A cognitive bias that causes individuals to rely too heavily on the first piece of information offered is called .
4. The model of decision-making suggests that individuals make decisions based on limited information and cognitive abilities.
5. Explain the difference between a programmed and non-programmed decision, providing an example for each in a social context.
6. Groupthink always leads to better decision outcomes than individual decision-making.
True
False
7. Ethical considerations are irrelevant in the rational decision-making model.
True
False
Match each decision-making concept with its description.
8. Satisficing
a. Choosing the first acceptable option rather than the optimal one.
9. Sunk Cost Fallacy
b. Continuing a project due to past investment, despite negative future prospects.
10. Heuristics
c. Mental shortcuts used to make quick decisions.
11. Imagine a local government is deciding whether to build a new community center or renovate an existing one. Discuss the various factors they might consider, including economic, social, and environmental impacts. Which decision-making model would be most appropriate here and why?