Optimism bias or optimistic bias is a cognitive bias that causes someone to believe that they themselves are less likely to experience a negative event...

Optimism is an attitude reflecting a belief or hope that the outcome of some specific endeavor, or outcomes in general, will be positive, favorable, and...

Cognitive biases are systematic patterns of deviation from norm and/or rationality in judgment. They are often studied in psychology, sociology and behavioral...

depending if the situation entails a threat, or opportunity.: 373  Optimism bias is a tendency to overestimate the likelihood of positive events occurring...

Behavioural Insights Team (July 2017). "A review of optimism bias, planning fallacy, sunk cost bias and groupthink in project delivery and organisational...

underpinnings of human optimism, work that has been published in numerous eminent journals. In her books The Optimism Bias and The Science of Optimism, she describes...

placed where it is not respected or to an unworthy cause Optimism bias – Type of cognitive bias Depressive realism – Hypothesis about depression Scott Plous...

study show that the optimism bias in future-oriented thinking fulfils a self-improvement purpose while also suggesting this bias probably reflects a common...

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Normalcy bias, or normality bias, is a cognitive bias which leads people to disbelieve or minimize threat warnings. Consequently, individuals underestimate...