Decision-making by children

Decision-making by Children

In this paper, we examine the determinants of decision-making power by children and young adolescents. Moving beyond previous economic models that treat children as goods consumed by adults, we develop a noncooperative model of parental control of child behavior and child resistance. Using child reports of decision-making and psychological and cognitive measures from the NLSY79 Child Supplement...

The Use of Evidence by Decision-Making Committees

Lung Cancer Treatment Decision-Making by Descriptive Decision-Making Framework

The need of shared decision-making has been discussed by researchers since last few decades and is being practiced in several fields. Medical field is also experiencing its consequent positive impact. Keeping this ongoing trend in mind, this paper proposes a theory-based approach of descriptive decision-making (DM) under the realm of uncertainty along with its application to DM of treatment alt...

Flatfoot in children: anatomy of decision making.

Concern about a child's foot posture is a common reason for frequent consultations for an array of health care professionals; sports medicine specialists are often the first to recognize and advise on foot pathology. In the decision making process, it is essential to distinguish between the different types of flatfoot deformity: paediatric or adult, congenital or acquired, flexible or rigid. Al...

Consensus Decision Making by Fish

Decisions reached through consensus are often more accurate, because they efficiently utilize the diverse information possessed by group members [1-3]. A trust in consensus decision making underlies many of our democratic political and judicial institutions [4], as well as the design of web tools such as Google, Wikipedia, and prediction markets [5, 6]. In theory, consensus for the option favor...