Topic · Applied Psychology · Psychology

Optimism, Hope, and Well-being

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Children are full of optimism, but those rose-tinted glasses are fading: reduced learning from negative outcomes drives hyperoptimism in children.

Johanna Habicht, Aislinn Bowler, Madeleine E. Moses-Payne, Tobias U. Hauser

The paper shows children exhibit greater optimism bias than adolescents, driven by reduced learning from negative outcomes.

Journal of Experimental Psychology General · Dec 30, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience