Dictionary
Avoidance–Avoidance Conflict: Trapped Between Evils
An avoidance–avoidance conflict occurs when an individual is trapped between two mutually exclusive yet equally...
Decision Making
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Dictionary
Availability Heuristic: How Memory Shapes Decisions
The availability heuristic is a cognitive shortcut where people judge the likelihood or frequency of...
November 8, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Dictionary
Availability: How Memory Distorts Judgment
Availability is a foundational cognitive heuristic whereby individuals estimate the probability or frequency of an...
November 8, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Dictionary
Approach–Approach Conflict: Choosing Between Goods
An in-depth academic examination of the approach–approach conflict in psychology, exploring its theoretical origins under...
November 6, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Dictionary
Anticipatory Regret: Psychology of Future Sorrow
Anticipatory regret is a prospective cognitive-emotional construct where decision-makers foresee future sorrow and counterfactual self-blame,...
October 24, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Dictionary
Anchoring Bias: How Initial Numbers Sway Judgments
Anchoring bias is a pervasive cognitive heuristic where individuals rely too heavily on an initial...
October 7, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Dictionary
Anchoring: The Power of Initial Information
An exhaustive academic dictionary entry defining the anchoring effect, detailing its cognitive mechanisms, theoretical models,...
October 7, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Scales
Choice Dilemmas Questionnaire
The Choice Dilemmas Questionnaire (CDQ), developed by Michael A. Wallach and Nathan Kogan (1961), is...
September 28, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Scales
Ambiguous Decisions Task
Comprehensive academic guide to the Ambiguous Decisions Task (ADT; van Mulukom et al., 2024), measuring...
September 27, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Scales
Assessment of Situational Judgement (ASJ)
The Assessment of Situational Judgement (ASJ) is a 17-item psychometric tool developed by Getz, Levin,...
September 27, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Scales
Berlin Emotional Responses to Risk Instrument (BERRI)
The Berlin Emotional Responses to Risk Instrument (BERRI) is a validated 6-item psychometric tool assessing...
September 27, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Scales
COVID-19 Risk Perception Measure
The COVID-19 Risk Perception Measure is a multidimensional psychometric tool developed by Lucia Savadori et...
September 27, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti