Thursday Dec 08, 2022
E14. INFINITE MENU: Psychology of SO MANY CHOICES!
Audience: Decision-Makers of all types; Parents deciding on what choices children are ready or not ready to make; Sufferers from DecidoPhobia from all walks of life.
Today’s TBAL Team (Brave Psychotherapy Adventurers All & Licensed Clinicians): Gamer Girl Heather, Super Bookworm Sarah, Squirrel Girl Debbie, & Doc Heath.
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Show Summary: In this episode . . .
MAIN EPISODE: INFINITE MENU: Psychology of SO MANY CHOICES!
The presence of more and more choices often does not lead to improved decision-making; nor healthier lives. Choice and democracy tends to go hand-in-hand. Any limitation or curtailing of choice is more and more being seen as a limitation on human rights; even if this includes limitations that parents place on their own children.
Supermarkets have aisles of dozens of cereal boxes. Convenience stores have displays filled with different types of gum. Parents are presented with thousands of television programming choices for children, video games galore, clothing lines, etc. etc. What's a parent to do when the choices seem endless?
During this "Infinite Menu" episode, the TBAL Team discusses their own struggles with choices & some healthy techniques to use in your family, parenting, & life.
1) More choices does not equal more freedom or more happiness.
2) Ability to manage choice is based on neurological/psychological development.
5) Find value in the choices you've made.
6) There is VALUE to be found in NOT getting your way.
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WANT TO LEARN MORE?
Chernev, A., Böckenholt, U., & Goodman, J. (2012). Choice overload: A conceptual review and meta-analysis. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 25(2), 333-358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcps.2014.08.002
Thai, N.T. and Yuksel, U. (2017), "Choice overload in holiday destination choices", International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, Vol. 11 No. 1, pp. 53-66. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCTHR-09-2015-0117
Tibor Besedeš, Cary Deck, Sudipta Sarangi, Mikhael Shor; Reducing Choice Overload without Reducing Choices. The Review of Economics and Statistics 2015; 97 (4): 793–802. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00506