Recent Studies – Stress Changes How People Make Decisions

Many people think that stress is connected with negative experiences only. However, recent studies and researches have indicated otherwise. It has been now found that when people are under stress they tend to take decisions that go right for them. People tend to pay more attention to positive attitude and information, discounting negative thoughts and thus stress helps people gain more from positive feedback rather learning from their negative feedback. While making a tricky or hard decision, people try to concentrate on the positive sides of the alternatives and consider less on negative sides. People with drug addictions find hard to control their urges as they keep focusing on the positive side of reward, making themselves less capable to resist the drugs. Such people try to think mainly about the good feelings, the drug would give them.

Men and women think differently under stress and respond differently while making a risky decision. Women take their own time making a big decision whereas men go ahead even for small rewards. Men normally tend to take more risks willingly under stress where as women tend to be more conservative under stress with regard to taking risk. Men are prone to fight and finish attitude in a difficult situation, while women tend to bond more and try to improve relationships.

People make all types of decision under stress and the situation can become worse when big decisions are made under stress. Stress changes how people make decisions, as way of making decision gets affected on how much a person is experiencing the stress. Generally speaking, it is good for a person to be as calm and stress free as possible when he or she is to make a big and important decision, but this itself is stressful. However, regardless of stress and demand of the situation, one has to make a decision. In such a situation, experts recommend alcohol as drunken people tend to make decision fast.