Maximizing versus satisficing: Happiness is a matter of choice.
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Abstract
Can people feel worse off as the options they face increase? The present studies suggest that some people--maximizers--can. Study 1 reported a Maximization Scale, which measures individual differences in desire to maximize. Seven samples revealed negative correlations between maximization and happiness, optimism, self-esteem, and life satisfaction, and positive correlations between maximization and depression, perfectionism, and regret. Study 2 found maximizers less satisfied than nonmaximizers (satisficers) with consumer decisions, and more likely to engage in social comparison. Study 3 found maximizers more adversely affected by upward social comparison. Study 4 found maximizers more sensitive to regret and less satisfied in an ultimatum bargaining game. The interaction between maximizing and choice is discussed in terms of regret, adaptation, and self-blame.
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The record
- Venue
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Topic
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Field
- Psychology
- Canadian institutions
- University of British Columbia
- Funders
- —
- Keywords
- PsychologyRegretSatisficingHappinessSocial psychologyMaximizationUltimatum gameDisappointmentJealousyEconomicsMicroeconomicsStatistics
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