Unrealistic Optimism: Present and Future

1996/03/01 by Neil D. Weinstein, William M. P. Klein, William M. Klein · 4 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Decision Sciences · Psychology · #Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics #Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis #Optimism, Hope, and Well-being

paper · doi:10.1521/jscp.1996.15.1.1

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Citations

• Self–other judgments and perceived vulnerability to victimization.
• Are we all less risky and more skillful than our fellow drivers?
• Self-enhancement and Superiority Biases in Social Comparison
• Unrealistic optimism about future life events.

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