Restraint Bias

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Category: Cognition

Foundational Lexiconoverestimate willpower
Executive Parlanceself-control overconfidence
Scholarly Discourseimpulse underestimation
Babel ZenithRestraint Bias
Origin: Behavioral Psychology

Etymology & Meaning

Overestimating one's ability to resist temptation.

In the Boardroom

Putting yourself in tempting situations believing you'll resist.

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