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judgment (psychology)  

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  • A judgment is an opinion as to what was, is, or will be some decision-significant state of the world, where a decision is a commitment to a course of action that is intended to serve the personal interests and values of particular people, for instance, a patient. The “decision-significant” part of the concept rests on two facts. [Source: Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making; Judgment]

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