Can you list some of the routine activities in your daily life where decision making is involved?
Decision making is involved in many routine activities in our daily life. One common example is choosing routes while traveling from home to school. In the morning, we might take the shortest route, but while returning in the afternoon, if the shortest route has heavy traffic, we take another route with less traffic. This involves decision making based on certain conditions.
Another example is checking eligibility for voting. Depending on a person's age, a decision is made — if the age is greater than or equal to 18, the person is eligible to vote, but if the age is less than 18, the person is not eligible to vote.
These examples show how decision making involves selection of one of the alternatives based on the outcome of a condition.
Explanation
The textbook provides two clear examples of decision making in daily life: (1) choosing routes based on traffic conditions, and (2) checking voting eligibility based on age. Both examples illustrate how decisions are made by evaluating conditions and selecting appropriate alternatives.