Balancing emotion and cognition: a case for decision aiding in conservation efforts

Conservation Biology : the Journal of the Society for Conservation Biology
Robyn S Wilson

Abstract

Despite advances in the quality of participatory decision making for conservation, many current efforts still suffer from an inability to bridge the gap between science and policy. Judgment and decision-making research suggests this gap may result from a person's reliance on affect-based shortcuts in complex decision contexts. I examined the results from 3 experiments that demonstrate how affect (i.e., the instantaneous reaction one has to a stimulus) influences individual judgments in these contexts and identified techniques from the decision-aiding literature that help encourage a balance between affect-based emotion and cognition in complex decision processes. In the first study, subjects displayed a lack of focus on their stated conservation objectives and made decisions that reflected their initial affective impressions. Value-focused approaches may help individuals incorporate all the decision-relevant objectives by making the technical and value-based objectives more salient. In the second study, subjects displayed a lack of focus on statistical risk and again made affect-based decisions. Trade-off techniques may help individuals incorporate relevant technical data, even when it conflicts with their initial affective imp...Continue Reading

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Mar 30, 2010·Conservation Biology : the Journal of the Society for Conservation Biology·Belinda ReyersPatrick O' Farrell
Aug 6, 2019·Conservation Biology : the Journal of the Society for Conservation Biology·Robert J LennoxIvan Jarić
Mar 4, 2021·Conservation Science and Practice·Freya A V St JohnNils Bunnefeld

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