THE RELATIVE WEIGHTING OF POSITION AND VELOCITY IN SATISFACTION

Satisfaction N~ith n desired outcome depends both on it.sposition li.e., the actual value of the outcomel and on it.svelocityli.e.,the change in the slue) .In u yrre.stionncrire .study,sve in- vesti,~>ated _/iuuorsthat in/lnetrceNre rel- ative x~eikhtinyof position crud relocitr In satisfawtion and found that the rela- tive weight of relocity loomed larker x~hen the outcome was lu) framed in terms of change Iratl:er than in terms of overall position),Ibl related to corr.snnt- mutory (rather than instrumental) be- haviors, or Ic)internally(rather than ex- ternally) controlled . Tlre findings .srrk- kest that the relative importance of position and velocity in satisfactionvar- ies,dependink on the condition and na- ture of the outcome .