Explains psychology concept with examplesfrom @itsemilyhiggins

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What if I told you that the more attractive you are, the less likely you are to find a lasting relationship? In 1995, a Stanford graduate student set up a jam table at the grocery store. Sometimes the table would have 24 flavors of jam, and other times it would only have six. But people were 10 times more likely to buy something from the table with less options than the one with more. Psychologist Barry Schwartz called this the paradox of choice, and he found that past a certain point, more options actually makes you worse off. Harvard researchers found that more attractive people were more likely to get divorced, and the more attractive the person, the shorter the marriage tended to be. Researchers have also found that the more profiles you swipe through on a dating app, the more people you are likely to reject. But this doesn't just apply to dating. The bigger the budget, the harder it is to spend. The more talented you are, the harder it is to choose a career. The more interests you have, the less likely you are to master any of them. So maybe more isn't better because the more options you have, the more you have to lose by choosing.