Maximizing Without Borders: Evidence That Maximizing Transcends Decision Domains.

ABSTRACT: Do maximizers maximize across decision domains? An assumption underlying the literature on maximizing is that the tendency to strive to make the best choice spans domains. The current research provides a direct test of this assumption by examining the association between trait maximizing and domain-specific maximizing, consisting of maximizing measures in a wide range of decisions (consumer goods, services and experiences, and life decisions). Study 1 tested this association at two different time points in order to minimize common method bias. Study 2 was a high-powered pre-registered cross-sectional replication. Results of both studies showed that trait maximizing was associated with higher maximizing tendencies across all three decision domains. However, in line with prior research sugge

SUBMITTER: Kokkoris MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6340960 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature