“What will do if you find money on the

sidewalk?”
Judgment

“the mental act by which we perceive the agreement or disagreement

between two ideas, and also as the mental act by which something is
asserted or denied”

- St. Thomas
Critical Judgment
• Often misinterpreted
- critical (to say negative things)
- academic (critique: to evaluate)

• Investigating and making decisions for things and ideas depending on

how valuable they are.

• Could possibly be not the only “right” answer. But may be supported
by evidences in line with the respective discipline/subject area.
Automatic Judgment
• Governed by heuristics
- simple, efficient rules which people often use to form
judgments and make decisions
• Could lead to “cognitive biases”
- deviations from logic, probability, or rationality
• Rapid, could be delivered without full information and can be
accurate with more complicated procedures of decisions of the same
person.
Impaired Judgment
• Cannot distinguish what to “agree or to
disagree”
• Impaired social skills
• A possible cause for implementing
- a higher level of care
- more restrictive setting (inpatient
hospitalization)
• Alzheimer’s disease, Bipolar disorder,
Schizophrenia
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