Decision leads to actions.
"I decide to travel without seat belt while traveling in a car"
Leads to
"I travel in a car without wearing a seat belt "
Hence understanding and helping decision making would help in guiding to get the appropriate action.
Yes!
But this is not that simple
Reason is that we do not always act after decision making
For eg we may act without thinking.
Like throwing the banana skin on to the path rather than bin may be by reflex action.
This may be due to the fact that learning process of the action is due to the behavior one has acquired with the past experiences.
i.e "He or she has always seen people throwing banana skin wayward without looking for the bin."
" never worn a seat belt while traveling in a car"
As you can see, in both of the above instances the action was not preceded with conscious decision making process.
Hence one should not jump to condemning ones actions as these could not have been his or decisions.
We often have to start looking into the behavior of the person which led to the decision making and or actions
For example, if people evade wearing helmet when riding a bike, it is the behaviour which is in question rather than the action itself. That is why punishing alone for not wearing helmet is not often effective.
One has to combine the law with modification of the behavior which leads to the person "evading helmet wearing."
In the examples above, the seat belt wearing and throwing the skin of the banana on to a path, were actions due to the past experiences, observing others' behaviors since childhood in the society one is brought up!
I will continue the blog theme with the understanding that the person who is willing to change, i.e he is prepared to change his behavior.
This is essential for change in ones actions.
(Note: My current blog theme is not on Methods of changes in behavior itself as this needs to be discussed in detail separately)
For those who are prepared to change, wait for my next blog to go into the decision making tools.
"I decide to travel without seat belt while traveling in a car"
Leads to
"I travel in a car without wearing a seat belt "
Hence understanding and helping decision making would help in guiding to get the appropriate action.
Yes!
But this is not that simple
Reason is that we do not always act after decision making
For eg we may act without thinking.
Like throwing the banana skin on to the path rather than bin may be by reflex action.
This may be due to the fact that learning process of the action is due to the behavior one has acquired with the past experiences.
i.e "He or she has always seen people throwing banana skin wayward without looking for the bin."
" never worn a seat belt while traveling in a car"
As you can see, in both of the above instances the action was not preceded with conscious decision making process.
Hence one should not jump to condemning ones actions as these could not have been his or decisions.
We often have to start looking into the behavior of the person which led to the decision making and or actions
For example, if people evade wearing helmet when riding a bike, it is the behaviour which is in question rather than the action itself. That is why punishing alone for not wearing helmet is not often effective.
One has to combine the law with modification of the behavior which leads to the person "evading helmet wearing."
In the examples above, the seat belt wearing and throwing the skin of the banana on to a path, were actions due to the past experiences, observing others' behaviors since childhood in the society one is brought up!
I will continue the blog theme with the understanding that the person who is willing to change, i.e he is prepared to change his behavior.
This is essential for change in ones actions.
(Note: My current blog theme is not on Methods of changes in behavior itself as this needs to be discussed in detail separately)
For those who are prepared to change, wait for my next blog to go into the decision making tools.
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