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Welcome to the opening episode of the Decision Making miniseries!
Decisions, as we know, linger around in every aspect of our lives. Whether it be something as simple as buying groceries or choosing which university to go into, decisions follow us everywhere. And yet, when faced with decisions, the processes we go through to come up with them are different for every person.
For students here at the University of British Columbia, this is even more apparent. We constantly go through series after series of decision making processes, and it’s hard to find two students with the exact same university experience. This is what we are interested in: what decisions do students go through here at UBC? What matters to them? And, how exactly do students go through the decision making processes?
These are the questions that intrigued Selina and I this term. We will bring you stories, perspectives and interviews all about the decisions that students face here at the University of British Columbia and explore the different aspects that it brings to the overall university life of each student.
For this episode, we bring about a general opening discussion on the science behind decision making, explained wonderfully by Sanjana Subramanian, a Chapman Learning Commons Assistant and 2nd year majoring in Behavioural Neuroscience. We then explore about concepts and experiments done by psychologists and link that to some every day experiences Selina and I faced, wrapping the episode up with some interesting street interviews with students here at UBC.
It is going to be an interesting journey; the sheer concentration of decisions that students go through during their university life is enough to talk about for months. We all know the overwhelming amount of decisions we face, but only a few thought about the process behind it. Well, this term, be prepared to walk with us and engage in some thought-provoking discussions about decision making.
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