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I'm not so sure about that. People tend to attribute their own preferred decision-making style to others. That is, if someone makes decisions logically, they will assume other people also make logical decisions. If someone makes decisions emotionally, they will assume other people also make emotional decisions. (that works for honesty, too; don't trust anyone who thinks everyone else is a thief)
Emotional decision-making tends to work against longevity. For example, someone focused on jealousy might think, in response to "you should have someone look at that spot on your neck", "my sister is just jealous that I'm prettier than she is." Hello malignant melanoma. Or if they focus on feelings, it comes out "Why should I go to the doctor when I don't feel bad?" That's not what you want to be thinking when you have high blood pressure. So ascribing emotional motives to other people's logical decisions -- "they discontinued my favorite shampoo because they hate me!" -- may be a sign of making emotional rather than logical decisions, and hence counter-survival.
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