You decide that you are going to apply to graduate school for a Master's degree in psychology, and that you want to graduate within 3 years of starting the program. First, you look up all of the schools that have the program you are interested in, and you apply. You receive word that you have been accepted to 3 schools! In order to aid in your decision of which school you should attend, you list all of the pros and cons for each. Then, you sleep on it and make a decision the next morning on which offer to accept. A year into the program, you think to yourself that this was the best decision you could have made, and that you cannot wait to see how this education affects your life. This last portion reflects what stage of decision making?

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Evaluation is the stage of decision making where you assess the outcomes of your decision and determine whether it was the right one. In this case, the person is reflecting on their decision to attend graduate school and is happy with the outcome.

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