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New research suggests people who choose from many options quickly may be doing it to avoid thinking deeply about their decision.
When it’s time to pick a movie, are you more likely to quickly make a decision or meticulously sift through the possibilities?
Psychologists refer to those who search minimally for something to arrive at an adequate choice as “satisficers.” It’s the “maximizers,” meantime, who search exhaustively for what might be considered the perfect option.
Previous studies exploring both strategies after making a choice often present satisficing as a more psychologically healthy alternative and even something to aspire to.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. - A popular streaming service boasts a film inventory approaching 4,000 titles. When it s time to pick a movie, are you more likely to quickly make a decision or meticulously sift through the possibilities?
Psychologists refer to those who search minimally for something to arrive at an adequate choice as satisficers. It s the maximizers, meantime, who search exhaustively for what might be considered as the perfect option.
Previous studies exploring both strategies after making a choice often present satisficing as a more psychologically healthy alternative and even something to aspire to. And why not? Spending about as much time choosing a movie as it takes to actually watch it seems like the agonizing reality of someone incapable of choosing from a constellation of options.
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By KATIE KINDELAN, ABC News
(NEW YORK) From the deadliest day in the United States since the COVID-19 pandemic began to the mob of violent pro-Trump protesters that stormed the U.S. Capitol building, the news on Wednesday alone was almost too much to bear.
It piled on top of a seemingly never-ending drumbeat of grim news that has taken us through the nearly yearlong coronavirus pandemic, a tense election season and ongoing racial unrest across the country.
The news has constantly played out live on our TVs, phones and tablets.
“Many communities and families have felt besieged the past four years and then we had COVID-19 and then watching these images,” Dr. Janet Taylor, a psychiatrist, said Thursday on
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