Optimism, Pessimism, and the Direction of Self–Other Comparisons

2001/01/01 by J. Richard Eiser, J.Richard Eiser, Sabine Pahl +2 · 4 citations
Decision Sciences · Psychology · #Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics #Focus (optics) #Normative #Optimism #Optimism, Hope, and Well-being #Pessimism #Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction #Psychology #Social psychology

paper · doi:10.1006/jesp.2000.1438

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Citations

• Features of similarity.
• The Framing of Decisions and the Psychology of Choice
• On Being Better but not Smarter than Others: The Muhammad Ali Effect
• Unrealistic optimism about future life events.
• Social Comparison of Health Risks: Locus of Control, the Person‐Positivity Bias, and Unrealistic Optimism1
• Lake Wobegon be gone! The "below-average effect" and the egocentric nature of comparative ability judgments.

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• Positive illusions [wikipedia]