Situated Optimism: Specific Outcome Expectancies and Self-Regulation
1998/01/01 by David A. Armor, Shelley E. Taylor · 2 citations
Decision Sciences · Psychology · #Computer science #Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics #Economics #Microeconomics #Optimism #Optimism, Hope, and Well-being #Outcome (game theory) #Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction #Psychology #Situated #Social psychology #Variety (cybernetics)
paper · doi:10.1016/s0065-2601(08)60386-x
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