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  2. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    DALYs/DFLYs/QALYs: Disability or Quality Adjusted (or Free) Life Years: Suggests that a nondisabled person's life years are worth more than a disabled person's [26] The Disabled or Disabled people May be offensive to some, [1] [17] [22] who may prefer "person with a disability" or "people with health conditions or impairments". [7]

  3. Action bias - Wikipedia

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    The utility-based action bias is a type of action bias that underlies purposive behavior. It works by comparing the advantages of possible effects of different actions and, as a result, it selects the action that will lead to the outcome with the highest utility value .

  4. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    one who takes care of a building, e.g. a school (US: janitor; cf. s.v. custodian) one put in charge of a farm after eviction of tenant one who takes care of someone or something stopgap government or provisional government: one who takes care of real estate in exchange for rent-free living accommodations * carnival

  5. Omission bias - Wikipedia

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    criteria that are often subject to one or another form of omission bias. It is controversial as to whether omission bias is a cognitive bias or is often rational. [4] [6] The bias is often showcased through the trolley problem and has also been described as an explanation for the endowment effect and status quo bias. [2] [7]

  6. Lists of words having different meanings in American and ...

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  7. Affectional action - Wikipedia

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    An affectional action (also known as an affectual, emotional, or affective action) is one of four major types of social action, as defined by Max Weber. [1] Unlike the other social actions, an affectional action is an action that occurs as a result of a person's state of feeling, sometimes regardless of the consequences that follow it.

  8. Vulnerability - Wikipedia

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    Social vulnerability is one dimension of vulnerability that responds to multiple stressors (agent responsible for stress) and shocks, including abuse, social exclusion and natural hazards. Social vulnerability refers to the inability of people, organizations, and societies to withstand adverse impacts from multiple stressors to which they are ...

  9. Attitude object - Wikipedia

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    For instance, the action-based model of dissonance [6] describes how conflicting beliefs about an attitude object can create a state of dissonance, which leads to efforts to align one's attitudes and reduce discomfort.This theory highlights how attitude objects, particularly those tied to strong beliefs or values, can drive efforts to resolve ...