Directions: Please fill in blanks 66 to 80 of the following passage. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.

Psychology researchers have found that the best way to make an important decision always involves the utilization of a decision worksheet. Psychologists compare people’s 【B1】 _____ decisions to theoretical ideal decisions to see how similar they are 【B2】_____ each other. 【B3】_____ of the worksheet procedure believe that it will yield optimal, 【B4】_____, the best decisions. Although there are several【B5】_____ on the exact format of worksheets, they are all 【B6】_____ in their essential aspects. Worksheets require defining the problem in a concise way and then listing all possible【B7】_____ to the problem. Next, the relevant considerations to be 【B8】_____ by each decision are listed, and the relative importance of each consideration is determined. Each consideration is assigned a numerical value to【B9】_____ its relative importance. After being mathematically calculated by 【B10】_____ these values together, the alternative with the highest number of points is the best decision.

Since most important problems are multifaceted, there are several alternatives to choose from. One【B11】 _____ of a paper decision-making procedure is that it【B12】_____ people to deal with more variables than their minds can remember. On the average, people can keep about seven ideas in their mind【B13】_____.

A decision-making worksheet begins from a succinct statement of the problem that also helps to narrow it. It is important to understand the distinction between long-range and【B14】_____ goals because long-range goals often involve a different decision from short-range ones. A realistic example for many college students is the question “What will I do after graduation?” A graduate might【B15】_____ a position that offers specialized training or travel abroad for a year. Focusing on long-range goals, a graduating student might revise the question above to “What will I do after graduation that will lead to a successful career?”