Decision-Making Processes in Social Contexts

Over the past half century, scholars in the interdisciplinary field of judgment and decision making have amassed a trove of findings, theories, and prescriptions regarding the processes ordinary people enact when making choices. This body of knowledge, however, has had little influence on sociology....

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Published in:Annual review of sociology 2017-07, Vol.43 (1), p.207-227
Main Authors: Bruch, Elizabeth, Feinberg, Fred
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Decision making
discrete choice
Heuristic
heuristics
Interdisciplinary aspects
Judgment
Knowledge
Microsociology
Prescription drugs
Social environment
Social Processes
Sociological research
Sociology
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Summary:Over the past half century, scholars in the interdisciplinary field of judgment and decision making have amassed a trove of findings, theories, and prescriptions regarding the processes ordinary people enact when making choices. This body of knowledge, however, has had little influence on sociology. Sociological research on choice emphasizes how features of the social environment shape individual outcomes, not people's underlying decision processes. Our aim in this article is to provide an overview of selected ideas, models, and data sources from decision research that can fuel new lines of inquiry into how socially situated actors navigate both everyday and major life choices. We also highlight opportunities and challenges for cross-fertilization between sociology and decision research that can allow each field to expand its range of inquiry.
ISSN:0360-0572
1545-2115
DOI:10.1146/annurev-soc-060116-053622