Department of Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, IL 60614, USA.
Emotion. 2011 Aug;11(4):743-53. doi: 10.1037/a0023986.
Deliberative decision strategies have historically been considered the surest path to sound decisions; however, recent evidence and theory suggest that affective strategies may be equally as effective. In four experiments we examined conditions under which affective versus deliberative decision strategies might result in higher decision quality. While consciously focusing on feelings versus details, participants made choices that varied in complexity, in extent of subsequent conscious deliberation allowed, and in domain. Results indicate that focusing on feelings versus details led to superior objective and subjective decision quality for complex decisions. However, when using a feeling-focused approach, subsequent deliberation after encoding resulted in reduced choice quality. These results suggest that affective decision strategies may be more effective relative to deliberative strategies for certain complex decisions.
传统上，深思熟虑的决策策略被认为是做出明智决策的最可靠途径；然而，最近的证据和理论表明，情感策略可能同样有效。在四项实验中，我们研究了在哪些条件下，情感策略与深思熟虑的决策策略可能会产生更高的决策质量。在有意识地关注感觉与细节的过程中，参与者做出了不同复杂程度、允许后续有意识思考程度以及不同领域的选择。结果表明，关注感觉而非细节会导致复杂决策的客观和主观决策质量更高。然而，当使用情感聚焦方法时，在编码后进行后续思考会降低选择质量。这些结果表明，对于某些复杂决策，情感决策策略可能比深思熟虑的策略更有效。
