Drawing out the Satisficer from the Maximizer

Beja, Edsel Jr. (2012): Drawing out the Satisficer from the Maximizer.

Abstract

How a full glass is sketched by a person is used as an identification of a maximizer/satisficer-type personality. There is evidence that students who interpret the “full glass” description as, in fact, a glass that is filled up to the brim as the maximizer-types and those who draw their glass just filled below the brim as the satisficer-types. Analysis of self-reported subjective well-being indicates that the satisficer-types enjoy higher school domain satisfaction than the maximizer-types.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Drawing, maximizer, satisficer, subjective well-being, satisfaction
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I31 - General Welfare, Well-Being; A - General Economics and Teaching > A2 - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics > A20 - General; D - Microeconomics > D0 - General > D01 - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C9 - Design of Experiments > C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior

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