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"Good", "happy", "successful", "right" and "genuine" choices: what`s the difference?

P. 765–766.
Fam A. K., Epelman A.

In the current study we aimed to investigate differences in the subjective experience of various “high”-quality choices made in real life situations. We compared the contents of "good", "happy", "successful", "right" and "genuine" choices.

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Keywords: choicesubjective quality of choice

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Book of abstracts: XVI European congress of psychology (ECP 2019) (2‒5 July, 2019, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow)
M.: Moscow University Press, 2019.
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