Even in controlled environments, decision-making is already a very stressful thing. It is even more stressful in extreme conditions. Take, for example, the stories of the different foot soldiers in Dewald’s book on decision making under fire. One wrong move could spell the difference between life and death for these people. Therefore, the ability to make a “correct” decision has been drilled into them at the beginning of basic training. This makes it so that people will not become a unit full of headless chickens whenever their bosses or Commanding Officers get killed or captured...