(Too) optimistic about optimism: The belief that optimism improves performance.
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(Too) optimistic about optimism: the belief that optimism improves performance.
A series of experiments investigated why people value optimism and whether they are right to do so. In Experiments 1A and 1B, participants prescribed more optimism for someone implementing decisions than for someone deliberating, indicating that people prescribe optimism selectively, when it can affect performance. Furthermore, participants believed optimism improved outcomes when a person's ac...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1939-1315,0022-3514
DOI: 10.1037/pspa0000018