Question

The Jones's only child, John, is a senior in high school. He has all "A's" and scored very well on his SATs and ACTs. He is also the president of the debate team and is in the national honor society. John wants to eventually attend a top graduate engineering school, so both he and his parents are very concerned about which undergraduate school he attends. They have spent countless hours on the Internet examining universities and they have already visited six campuses. For John and his parents, which type of decision making does this represent

Answer 1

The options were omitted, and they are

Nominal decision making

complete decision making

limited decision making

complex decision making

extended decision making

Answer: Extended decision making

Explanation:

Extended decisions involve products or services with very high cost and occasional purchasing and therefore require extensive research and search efforts  around the unfamiliar products or services to ensure choosing the best that suits personal  preferences

For instance, in the Jones family  case, searching for a university is a new activity  and since the decision is not one that is constantly made , To get the best university for their son,John,  Rather than just choose a any university they see they spend countless hours searching and examining different universities because they want their final choice university to be the best for their son, John.

This process of seeking,  weighing and analyzing many alternatives to make a decision on the best is known as Extended Decision making.