2.01 The Decision-Making Process

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1. The first step in making a decision is to know your personal ________ (Fill in the blank) .

   Answer: values

2. After isolating the decision to be made, the next step is gather ________ (Fill in the blank).

   Answer: information

3. What is the last step in the decision-making process? (Fill in the blank)

   Answer: evaluate

4. Behaviors that are typical and acceptable for a particular group of people are called ________ _____ (Fill in the blank) .

   Answer: social norms

5. Which of the choices below lists valid reasons to eliminate a possible option in the decision-making process?
   1. everyone else does, too tired to decide, rather not think about it
   2. inconvenient, takes too much time, don’t feel like it
   3. illegal, immoral, unethical, goes against my personal values

   Answer: c. illegal, immoral, unethical, goes against my personal values