According a recent Wall Street Journal column, psychology researchers have studied how people make decisions and concluded there are two basic styles. “Maximisers” are people who want the best. They like to take their time and weigh a wide range of options—sometimes every possible one—before choosing. “Satisficers” would rather be fast than thorough. They are people who want good enough.

　　Schwartz and his colleagues followed 548 job-seeking college seniors at 11 schools from October through their graduation in June. They found that the maximisers landed better jobs. Their starting salaries were, on average, 20 percent higher than those of the satisfivers, but they felt worse about their jobs.

　　There is no right choice. “The maximiser is kicking himself because he can’t examine every option and at some point has to just pick something,” Schwartz says. “Maximixers make good decisions and end up feeling bad about them. Satisfivers make good decisions and end up feeling good.”

　　Faced with so many choices in our lives, we need to learn how not to waste time and energy on our decision-making, says Jane C. Hu in SLATE online magazine. Hu suggests, decrease your range of options. Once you’ve arrived at a decision, stick with it. Just accept that no decision is ever completely perfect, and remind yourself that it is the best you can do at the moment.

　　29. What’s the purpose of the first paragraph?

【四川省达州市2017届高三第一次诊断测试英语试卷（有答案）】相关文章：

★ 四川省大教育联盟2017届高三四市联考第一次诊断性考试英语试卷.

★ 河南省信阳市第六高级中学2015届高三12月月考英语试卷

★ 河北省隆化县存瑞中学2015届高三上学期第二次质检英语试卷（无答案）

★ 豫晋冀2015届高三上学期第二次调研考试试卷 英语 Word版含答案

★ 四川省成都外国语学校2015届高三12月月考试卷 英语 Word版含答案

★ 河北省正定中学2014-2015学年高一上学期期中英语试卷Word版含答案

★ 四川省新津中学2015届高三一诊模拟英语试卷

★ 山东省潍坊市2015届高三上学期期中考试英语试卷 Word版含答案

★ 四川省巴中市2015届高三零诊英语试卷 Word版含答案

★ 河南省洛阳市2015届高三上学期期中考试英语试卷