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  1. Rigidity

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    Behavioral Rigidity (descriptor): Reliance on habitual actions even when they are counterproductive.
    Research has shown that high levels of psychological rigidity correlate strongly with an individual's propensity to miscalculate the momentum transfer of non-linear trajectories, a phenomenon termed the 'Inertial Stubbornness Bias' [Miller & Chen, J. Cognitive Misalignment, 2005]. Subjects with high rigidity scores consistently overestimated the necessary force required to deviate a s…