We present the Maximization Inventory, which consists of three separate scales: decision difficulty, alternative search, and satisficing. We show that the items of the Maximization Inventory have much better psychometric properties when compared to the original Maximization Scale (Schwartz et...

Axiomatic conjoint measurement methodology offersa useful approach for evaluating different compositionrules as potential models for fitting the componentsof multidimensional stimuli. The usefulness ofthis methodology has been somewhat hindered in appliedsettings because of a lack of an adequate...

We present a psychometric scale that assesses risk taking in five content domains: financial decisions (separately for investing versus gambling), health/safety, recreational, ethical, and social decisions. Respondents rate the likelihood that they would engage in domain-specific risky...