Experiment in the research of the decision-making processes: problems and prospects

The basic features of realization of the method of experiment in relation to the study of decision-making processes are the subject of analysis in this paper. The main requirements to the organization of an experimental study of the decision-making processes, which are formulated in the represented scientific study, allow us to identify a new approach to their research in the experiment, the fundamental position of which is the principle of action-indirectly modeling and study of decision-making processes. Implementation of this research approach provides, in our view, adequate experimental reproduction of the main attribute peculiarities of the decision-making processes – specific regulatory status and integrative nature of their structural organization. In addition, we consider the possibility of using of computer technology as an integrated tool of implementation of this principle.

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