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Intellectual humility is a metacognitive process characterized by recognizing the limits of one's knowledge and acknowledging one's fallibility. It involves several components, including not thinking too highly of oneself, refraining from believing one's own views are superior to others', lacking intellectual vanity, being open to new ideas, and acknowledging mistakes and shortcomings.
The Pollyanna principle (also called Pollyannaism or positivity bias) is the tendency for people to remember pleasant items more accurately than unpleasant ones. [1] Research indicates that at the subconscious level, the mind tends to focus on the optimistic; while at the conscious level, it tends to focus on the negative.
A dismissive-avoidant attachment style is demonstrated by those possessing a positive view of self and a negative view of others. [22] Adults with a dismissive style of avoidant attachment tend to agree with these statements: [23] I am comfortable without close emotional relationships. It is important to me to feel independent and self-sufficient.
The term attitude with the psychological meaning of an internal state of preparedness for action was not used until the 19th century. [3]: 2 The American Psychological Association (APA) defines attitude as "a relatively enduring and general evaluation of an object, person, group, issue, or concept on a dimension ranging from negative to positive.
In response to 2014 Badaun gang rape and Yadav's comments, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon criticised Yadav and issued a statement by saying "We say no to the dismissive, destructive attitude of, 'Boys will be boys ' ". [64] On 19 August 2015, Yadav remarked that gang-rapes are impractical and rape-victims in those cases tend to lie. [65]
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Orientation (geometry), or attitude, part of the description of how an object is placed in the space it occupies; Aircraft attitude, in aircraft flight dynamics, relative to the atmospheric frame or terrain; Spacecraft attitude, controlled by spacecraft attitude control; Attitude or orientation of a vehicle, described using axes conventions
Vasudeva-hindi is the oldest surviving text of the Jain narrative literature. The Jain monk Sangha-dasa wrote it in archaic Maharashtri Prakrit language. [1] The author claims that the legend of Vasudeva was first told by Mahavira's pupil Sudharman to his disciple Jambu, and since then, the story was transmitted to the author through a series of teachers and disciples.