Developing the Performance of Behavior
In our day-to-day lives, humans are required to judge one another before coming up with critical decisions on how they relate. Based on this illustration, it is apparent that appropriate judgment skills are desirable. However, it is disappointing to note that individuals with good judgment skills in our societies are few. With appropriate judgment skills, an individual will have ease in understanding first impressions and can avoid coming into associating with mischievous individuals. To judge an individual appropriately an individual must possess certain skills. The skills are having the ability to focus on other individuals’ extrinsic scores. The scores may include academic credentials, financial worth, social status, and, employment titles.
As such, social media has made it easy for people to attach new platforms of extrinsic scoring. For instance, you can judge friends on social media based on their comments, their friends’ characters, and the type of groups they join. Even though the extrinsic scores are necessary for coming up with an individual’s judgment, it should be noted that they are not sufficient in concluding about the individual’s comprehensive judgment. In this regard, other skills aimed at evaluating people’s softer traits are required. Such skills focus on people’s attitudes and wills. As such, the evaluators must have eye-to-eye contact or face-to-face interviews with the interviewees to evaluate their softer traits.
A person’s investment relies on personality and experiences. However, emotions and intuitive judgment affect behavior and decision. The impact of emotions and intuitive judgment on behavior and decision-making process is good because it enables individuals to come up with several possible alternatives (Gladwell 67). People who come up with decisions based on emotion’s judgment are susceptible to some failures because their judgment is prejudiced. On the other hand, people who come up with decisions based on intuitive judgment are less prone to failures because their decisions are not prejudiced. Intuitive people are more successful in their decisions because intuition can easily be managed, unlike emotions. As such, emotional people come up with short-term decisions for their problems. On the other hand, intuitive people come up with long-term decisions for their problems. The above illustrations imply that emotional people have more control over their feelings, unlike intuitive persons.
The ability to possess a personal investment in new merchandise or an individual relies on the person’s personality (Gladwell 123). It is possible to detach emotional involvement from their intuitive judgment. Before humans come up with some decisions they are required to dedicate their time and analyze the merits and demerits of all the prospective alternatives in every decision-making process. During such times, emotions usually affect the outcomes. On the contrary, when coming up with decisions about new investments we have no time or capability to ponder on the outcomes of our decisions (Sarason & Charles 79). Due to this, our emotions would play a great role in our decision. The above examples illustrate that in some situations, emotional attachments can be detached from intuitive judgment.
Through the process of evolution, emotions have advanced (Sarason & Charles 89). Currently, they help humans in conquering their cognitive restrictions affecting their decision-making processes. As such, emotional attachments give precedence to specific objectives consequently mobilizing the energy and acting as a guide to their behaviors. Even though emotions dominate most of our decision-making processes, it should be noted that there are decisions here humans are required not to factor in their emotions. When coming up with rational decisions, the emotions of the decision-makers do not play a role. Since humans can come up with rational decisions, it implies that emotion’s judgment can be separated from intuitive judgment.
Notably, there are some effects encountered when emotion’s judgment is separated from intuitive judgment. In the absence of emotion’s judgment, individuals would come up with decisions that are not based on any experiences. Other psychologists believe that emotion’s judgment cannot be separated from intuitive judgment. The experts believe that the discrepancy effects of definite emotions are the products of the strong connection between emotion and inspiration (Sarason & Charles 123). According to them, emotions are experienced when events or results are pertinent to one’s concerns. Based on their understanding, emotions should be comprehended as series of intuitive decision-making processes. From this perspective, it can be argued that decision-makers evoke emotions in specific situations to aid in present strivings. If these arguments are valid, then it would be impossible to separate emotion’s judgment from intuitive judgment. Equally, it would be impossible to analyze the intuitive decision-making process in the absence of emotional attachments. If these psychologists analyze these variables with keenness, they may change their view and comprehension of both judgment processes and the basics of emotional experiences.
Because the subjects have personal investments in the merchandise or individuals, their intuitive judgments can be considered emotional processes. If the subjects evaluate various options during their judgment, their actions may trigger negative emotions. Usually, humans are advised to avoid intuitive judgments when deliberating on important issues. Intuitive judgments are discouraged because they are usually subject to the judges’ emotions. Besides, it should be noted that humans portray emotions before and after they have deliberated on a decision. Emotions are also present after we have decided. For instance, during these transition periods, humans are usually in a state of optimism and fear. More at times, we are keen to discover the results of our choices when we are hoping for the best. On the contrary, when we are expecting the worst results we tend to shun away from the information. Based on these, it is clear that a combination of emotional attachments and intuitive judgments may confuse.
In conclusion, it should be noted that humans can detach their emotional involvement from their intuitive judgment. As such, when coming up with intuitive decisions about the persons we have invested in, emotions such as sympathy, love, annoyance, disgrace, and responsibility are usually induced. Through this, they affect the process of rational decision-making Therefore, when emotional attachments and intuitive judgments are not separated it becomes hard for individuals to come up with rational decisions. In general, some emotions are having an impact on several aspects of the decision-making procedures (Poland 45).
Works Cited
Gladwell, Malcolm. Blink: the power of thinking without thinking. New York: Little, Brown and Co., 2005. Print.
Poland, Jeffrey Stephen. Addiction and responsibility. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011. Print.
Sarason, Irwin G., and Charles Donald Spielberger. Stress and emotion: anxiety, anger, and curiosity. New York, NY: Routledge, 2005. Print.