INFORMATION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF DECISION-MAKING

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the mental components of the decision-making process. Studies are carried out using the information and mathematical method of studying mental phenomena. Analysis of the scientific literature shows the lack of a single interpretation of the concept of "decision". Each decision is aimed at relaxing the tension of any significant situation and is associated with risk. It is established that the risk of making a decision is the higher, the less pragmatic information at the time of making a decision the individual has, and the more serious for him the possible damage from making a decision. The triune essence of decisions and the fact that the concepts of goal-setting and motivation act as an analogue of a decision are revealed. Three points of the bifurcation of the motivational process are established. The definition of a decision is given as a fact of appearance of the binary relation “motive-goal”. The results can be used in psychotherapy, and at the same time when designing machines with anthropomorphic behavior. All this is associated with the high technology of the future.