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  2. Loss aversion - Wikipedia

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    One example is which option is more attractive between option A ($1,500 with a probability of 33%, $1,400 with a probability of 66%, and $0 with a probability of 1%) and option B (a guaranteed $920). Prospect theory and loss aversion suggests that most people would choose option B as they prefer the guaranteed $920 since there is a probability ...

  3. List of cognitive biases - Wikipedia

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    Greater likelihood of recalling recent, nearby, or otherwise immediately available examples, and the imputation of importance to those examples over others. Bizarreness effect: Bizarre material is better remembered than common material. Boundary extension: Remembering the background of an image as being larger or more expansive than the ...

  4. Heavy - Wikipedia

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    Heavy, a characterization of objects with substantial weight; Heavy, a wake turbulence category used by pilots and air traffic controllers to refer to aircraft with a maximum takeoff mass of 136,000 kgs or more; Heavy, a type of strength of Scottish beer

  5. Mass versus weight - Wikipedia

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    The weight of an object is a measure of the force exerted on the object by gravity, or the force needed to support it. The pull of gravity on the earth gives an object a downward acceleration of about 9.8 m/s 2. In trade and commerce and everyday use, the term "weight" is often used as a synonym for "mass".

  6. Contrapposto - Wikipedia

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    The leg that carries the weight of the body is known as the engaged leg, the relaxed leg is known as the free leg. [1] Usually, the engaged leg is straight, or very slightly bent, and the free leg is slightly bent. [2] Contrapposto is less emphasized than the more sinuous S-curve, and creates the illusion of past and future movement. [3]

  7. Heavy infantry - Wikipedia

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    Heavy infantry consisted of heavily armed and armoured infantrymen who were trained to mount frontal assaults and/or anchor the defensive center of a battle line. This differentiated them from light infantry who were relatively mobile and lightly armoured skirmisher troops intended for screening , scouting , and other tactical roles unsuited to ...

  8. Negativity bias - Wikipedia

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    The negativity bias, [1] also known as the negativity effect, is a cognitive bias that, even when positive or neutral things of equal intensity occur, things of a more negative nature (e.g. unpleasant thoughts, emotions, or social interactions; harmful/traumatic events) have a greater effect on one's psychological state and processes than neutral or positive things.

  9. Weight - Wikipedia

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    However, in most practical everyday situations the word "weight" is used when, strictly, "mass" is meant. [8] [21] For example, most people would say that an object "weighs one kilogram", even though the kilogram is a unit of mass.