The limits of personal experience

This article examines how three types of experience-personal, related others, and unrelated others-influence decision-making. We present the complexities and nuances in using these experiential sources to suggest that personal experience is preferred to the other two sources. We discuss the implicat...

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Published in:Frontiers in psychology 2024-10, Vol.15, p.1365180
Main Author: Ganuthula, Venkat Ram Reddy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
decision-making
experience
information
personal experience
Psychology
rationality
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Summary:This article examines how three types of experience-personal, related others, and unrelated others-influence decision-making. We present the complexities and nuances in using these experiential sources to suggest that personal experience is preferred to the other two sources. We discuss the implications of this preference for decision-making processes, especially in contexts involving transformative outcomes. To conclude, we discuss how people rely on other experiential sources when their preferred source is limited.
ISSN:1664-1078
1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1365180