What do you trust more in a person to make a decision?

Question

Intellectual understanding or emotional maturity?

Choose one and explain.

Answer 1

Both.  In order to come to a well thought out decision you must balance intellectual understanding with emotional maturity.

Answer 2

Eye Contact, then Tone of Voice!

It's obvious...

Answer 3

Emotional maturity.  One who is not emotionally mature may "think" they have the intellect and understanding to make ALL decisions but it may be a result of their immaturity.

Answer 4

Intellectual understanding.

I want a decision based on facts, not emotions. Emotions cloud logic.

Answer 5

They are indivisible in most people, though all usually have on side dominating.

I go for untellectual understanding myself, though I see a place in many decisions for emotional involvement.  I consider emotionally based decisions to be suspect because judgement of facts is sidelined when compared to considerations of feelings.  Facts, to adults, are relatively immutable (though subject to intrerpretation, validation and priorities.  Feelings (emotions) are less constant., and emotional maturity generally pushes one towards critical, fact or evidence based thinking anyway.

As a teacher, both primary and up to senior secondary and having taught in five countries (Australia, UK, US, Burma, Viet Nam), I have noticed significant differences in emotional expression in children (due to culture), but lesser differences in how we evaluate 'facts' as we know them, even as children.  

What children consider to be intellectual bases for decisions will differ quite often over time because they are learning and experimenting.  I still find that decisions based on intellectual reasons are more reliable, but less common in pre-pubescent children.

Answer 6

depends on the decision to be made. if it's a scientific/academic problem them i'll go with intellect. if it's relationship or faith based, then i'd go with emotional maturity.

Answer 7

We learn both as teenagers.

Answer 8

Given the question - trust of intelectual understanding OR emotional maturity then i need someone who understands my question = intelectual understanding .

Answer 9

It would depend on the question. Are you asking if you should divorce your wife or re-finance your home? Should you support your daughter after she left her husband with 3 kids or go back to college to further your career? Life is a combination of BOTH!!!

Answer 10

You might want to read a book entitled "Emotional Intelligence."  I know in the book it has a way to for you to test children but I don't remember a way to test an adult. I personally would want someone with both. Of course if you are deciding whether to try to patent an invention you want someone with intellectual understanding but if you want someone to help you decide what man to marry then you want someone that has your best interest at heart.  It's relative.  Need more info. for me to make a decision.  Steps in making a decision:  Research, ask opinions of others, weigh the outcomes.  Good Luck.