In America, people are faced with more and more decisions every day, (1) it’s picking one of thirty-one ice cream (2) , or deciding whether and when to get married. That sounds like a (3) thing, but as a recent study has shown, too many choices can make us confused, even paralyzed (4) indecision. "That’s particularly true (5) it comes to the work place," says Barry Schwartz, an author of six books about human behavior. Students (6) with a variety of skills and interests, but often find themselves (7) when they are to choose an ultimate career (8) . In a study, Schwartz observed decision-making among college students (9) their senior year. Based on answers to questions (10) their job hunting strategies and career decisions, he divided the students into two groups: maximizers, who (11) every possible option, and satisricers, who look until they find an option that is good enough. You might (12) that the student who had undertaken the most (13) search would be the most satisfied with their final decision, but it (14) that’s not true. Schwartz found that while maximizers ended up (15) betterpaying jobs than satisficers on (16) , they weren’t (17) happy with their decision. The reason why these people feel less satisfied is that a world of possibilities may also be a world of (18) opportunities. When you look at every possible option, you (19) to focus more on what was given up than what was gained. After surveying every option, a person is more acutely (20) of the opportunities they had to turn down to pursue just one career.