Question

Clayton is looking for a house to buy. as he looks at different houses, he weighs the different features that each house offers. for instance, while he prefers a brick house, he saw a wooden house that had a better floor plan, a reasonable price, and was in a good school district. clayton decided that the wooden house is a better buy despite not being made of brick. his decision-making style involved the use of a ________.

Answer 1

His style involved would be called the "compensatory model"

Answer 2

His decision making style involved a Compensatory Model.

A Compensatory model is a model in which all attributes are well analyzed while making a choice between two things. Negative attributes are compensated for or by equal or better value positive attributes.

For example, like in this situation, Clayton liked the bricks house, but he compensated the bricks house over wooden house for better floor plan, reasonable price and being in the good school district. So he is doing a Compensated Decision Making.