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 decides that the wooden house is a better buy despite not being made of brick. His decision-making style involved the use of a ________.
A) means-end analysis
B) noncompensatory model
C) compensatory model
D) functional mind set

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Clayton used a compensatory model for decision-making, which considers multiple criteria and balances the strengths and weaknesses of each option to make an overall assessment. In this case, he weighed the advantages and disadvantages of the wooden house based on various features (floor plan, price, school district) before making a decision.

Clayton Is Looking for a House to Buy