Optimistic and pessimistic biases: a primer for behavioural ecologists
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Optimistic and pessimistic biases: a primer for behavioural ecologists
To address the adaptive value of optimism/pessimism an operational definition is required. I define a behavioural decision as relatively optimistic if it is consistent with the animal having either, a higher expectation of reward, or a lower expectation of punishment (threat), than the same animal in a different state (or a different animal). Pessimism is the inverse of optimism. Such relative ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2352-1546
DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2016.09.013