weinstein unrealistic optimism future life events 1980

These hypotheses were supported in a study in which 62 high school students assigned occurrence probabilities to 12 relevant future events representing 4 categories of events, i.e., positive events perceived as controllable or uncontrollable, and negative events perceived as controllable or uncontrollable.

Unrealistic optimism, or an optimism bias, is said to exist. It was further hypothesized that in the case of positive-uncontrollable events the probabilities assigned to oneself might be equal or even lower than those assigned to a comparison-target. with how likely they thought such events were to happen to people generally (Weinstein. It was hypothesized that participants, while comparing themselves to an unknown comparison-target, will assign higher occurrence probabilities for positive-controllable events, and lower occurrence probabilities for negative events to themselves, than respective probabilities assigned to a vague comparison-target. Unrealistic optimism about future life events.J. by Neil D Weinstein - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,, 1980 Two studies investigated the tendency of people to be unrealistically optimistic about future life events. (1980), Unrealistic optimism about future life events, Journal of. Unrealistic optimism about future life events.

refer to this bias as comparative unrealistic optimism, and because this latter. The influence of the interaction between the valence of a future event and its perceived controllability on the degree of unrealistic optimism (UO) was tested. They showed a significant optimistic bias for 34 of these hazards. Sexual risk-taking has long been a major problem in public health. they believe they are less at risk for experiencing negative life events.

Weinstein unrealistic optimism future life events 1980