Editing Choice (section)

{{Short description|Deciding between multiple options}}
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A '''choice''' is the range of different things from which a being can choose.<ref>{{Cite news|title=CHOICE {{!}} meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/choice|access-date=2021-01-09|website=dictionary.cambridge.org|language=en}}</ref>  The arrival at a choice may incorporate [[Motivation|motivators]] and [[Choice modelling|models]]. 

[[Freedom of choice]] is generally cherished, whereas a severely limited or artificially restricted choice can lead to discomfort with choosing, and possibly an unsatisfactory outcome. In contrast, a choice with excessively numerous options may lead to confusion, reduced satisfaction, regret of the alternatives not taken, and indifference in an unstructured existence;<ref>Barry Schwartz: ''[[The Paradox of Choice]]'' (2004)</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Social psychology|last=Myers, David G.|year=2010|isbn=9780073370668|edition=Tenth|location=New York, NY|oclc=667213323}}</ref>{{Rp|63}}
and the illusion that choosing an object or a course, necessarily leads to the control of that object or course, can cause [[psychological]] problems.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Iyengar|first1=Sheena S.|last2=Lepper|first2=Mark R.|date=December 2000|title=When choice is demotivating: Can one desire too much of a good thing?|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.79.6.995|journal=Journal of Personality and Social Psychology|volume=79|issue=6|pages=995–1006|doi=10.1037/0022-3514.79.6.995|pmid=11138768|issn=1939-1315}}</ref>