ABSTRACT
Most decisions are made under time constraints imposed by the pace of ongoing events, by explicit deadlines, or by others becoming impatient with the decision maker’s indecisiveness. Previous research has focused on the effects of time constraints on choice. Assuming the two-stage decision procedure described by image theory, in which screening serves to weed out wholly unacceptable options and choice serves to select the best from among the survivors of screening, the present research seeks to see if the previously obtained results of time constraints on choice also are obtained for screening.
