{"id":2707,"date":"2012-02-15T06:10:33","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T13:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/?p=2707"},"modified":"2012-05-08T16:28:37","modified_gmt":"2012-05-08T23:28:37","slug":"decisions-your-need-for-cognitive-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/2012\/02\/decisions-your-need-for-cognitive-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"Decisions – Your Need for Cognitive Closure"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 8 of 9 in the series Decision Making<\/a><\/div>

Cognition is our ability to think.\u00a0 It is the actual process of thinking.\u00a0 It includes gathering data, mentally weighing and measuring options, thinking through possible outcomes and coming to conclusions.\u00a0 Cognitive closure is the end of that process.<\/p>\n

My wife is a teacher and I remember discussion we had when she was in school about Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development.\u00a0 It is how the mind develops in stages of thinking from infancy to adulthood.\u00a0 He postulated that we acquire knowledge and organize that knowledge into usefulness at certain ages (in general).\u00a0 Some of his ideas have fallen into disfavor, but in general they tend to be correct.\u00a0 Most of your kids are taught specific subjects in specific grades based on his findings.<\/p>\n

Cognitive Closure is the end of thinking.\u00a0 The desire for drawing conclusions and to have closure is higher in some people than others.\u00a0 Some people just need to have everything in its place.\u00a0 They need to know that there is no ambiguity and no unsolved mysteries or outstanding questions.\u00a0 There is even a test that you can take to define your need for closure.<\/p>\n

This test surfaces the person\u2019s need on a scale that addresses such things as:<\/p>\n