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  2. Boldness - Wikipedia

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    Boldness is the opposite of shyness. To be bold implies a willingness to get things done despite risks. [1] For example, in the context of sociability, a bold person may be willing to risk shame or rejection in social situations, or to bend rules of etiquette or politeness. An excessively bold person could aggressively ask for money, or ...

  3. Overconfidence effect - Wikipedia

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    If human confidence had perfect calibration, judgments with 100% confidence would be correct 100% of the time, 90% confidence correct 90% of the time, and so on for the other levels of confidence. By contrast, the key finding is that confidence exceeds accuracy so long as the subject is answering hard questions about an unfamiliar topic.

  4. Courage - Wikipedia

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    "A realistic confidence in the worth of a cause that motivates positive action." "Knowing our own skills and abilities. A second meaning of appropriate confidence then is a form of self-knowledge." [7] Without an appropriate balance between fear and confidence when facing a threat, one cannot have the courage to overcome it.

  5. Cardinal virtues - Wikipedia

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    This approach entails deliberate caution in one's choices, as one's selection navigates between the extremes. Courage (andreia) can be defined as the ability to conquer fear within oneself when action is necessary. It encompasses military confidence, a deep understanding of warfare, and maintaining unwavering beliefs in the face of challenges.

  6. The Paradox of Choice - Wikipedia

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    “Freedom of choice” leads people to feel powerless and frustrated, because choosing ‘one’ among many other options means giving up the rest of the opportunities. At the same time, since people can easily change and replace the choice, the absolute value of making a choice no longer exists. Choice and happiness.

  7. Emotional choice theory - Wikipedia

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    Emotional choice theory is a unitary action model to organize, explain, and predict the ways in which emotions shape decision-making. One of its main assumptions is that the role of emotion in choice selection can be captured systematically by homo emotionalis. The theory seeks to lay the foundation for an affective paradigm in the political ...

  8. Golden mean (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    The Quran states an example in finance, in that a person should not spend all he makes as not to be caught needing, and not to be stingy as to not live a comfortable life. Muhammad also had a saying "خير الأمور أوسطها" meaning the best choice is the middle ground/golden mean one. In Quran (Chapter 'The Cow', verse number 143) it ...

  9. Social Choice and Individual Values - Wikipedia

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    The Introduction contrasts voting and markets with dictatorship and social convention (such as those in a religious code). Both exemplify social decisions. Voting and markets facilitate social choice in a sense, whereas dictatorship and convention limit it. The former amalgamate possibly differing tastes to make a social choice.