Unrealistic Optimism in the Pursuit of Academic Success
International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016 Although the ability to evaluate one’s own knowledge and performance is critical to learning, the correlation between students’ self-evaluation and actual performance measures is modest at best.
Rich Lewine, Alison Sommers
doaj +1 more source
Correction: Unrealistic comparative optimism: An unsuccessful search for evidence of a genuinely motivational bias. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 [This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173136.].
PLOS ONE Staff
doaj +1 more source
The need to control for regression to the mean in social psychology studies
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 It is common in repeated measurements for extreme values at the first measurement to approach the mean at the subsequent measurement, a phenomenon called regression to the mean (RTM). If RTM is not fully controlled, it will lead to erroneous conclusions.
Rongjun eYu, Li eChen
doaj +1 more source
Unrealistic Optimism: Still a Neglected Trait [PDF]
Journal of Business and Psychology, 2009 Purpose Unrealistic optimism is all around us, and it is a well-documented psychological phenomenon. The purpose of this study is to take a critical approach of the main research done in the area and to analyze the important impact that it has in many economic and managerial contexts.
openaire +2 more sources
Il diavolo con gli occhiali. Sciascia, inquisiti e inquisitori
Babel: Littératures Plurielles, 2023 This essay is meant to provide food for thought on a core topic in Sciascia’s storytelling, that is the theme of justice and its different aspects. Through two political Gothic novels, such as Il contesto and Todo modo, his essays, his journalistic ...
Alice Cencetti
doaj +1 more source
Does Unrealistic Optimism Contribute to Low Hepatitis B Vaccination Rates among Healthcare Workers and Medical Students? [PDF]
Journal of Sharif Medical & Dental College, 2019 Objective: This study aims to determine the role of unrealistic optimism in the development of attitudes towards hepatitis B vaccination among healthcare workers (HCWs) and medical students.
Osama Habib +6 more
doaj
Sociology of low expectations: Recalibration as innovation work in biomedicine [PDF]
, 2015 "This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the ...
Brown Nik +11 more
core +1 more source
Why Are Optimistic Entrepreneurs Successful? An Application of the Regulatory Focus Theory [PDF]
, 2008 Does entrepreneurial optimism affect business performance? Using a unique data set based on repeated survey design, we investigate this relationship empirically.
Aidis, Ruta +2 more
core +3 more sources
Do unbiased people act more rationally?—The case of comparative realism and vaccine intention
Royal Society Open Science, 2023 Within different populations and at various stages of the pandemic, it has been demonstrated that individuals believe they are less likely to become infected than their average peer.
Kamil Izydorczak +6 more
doaj +1 more source
Jurnal PsikologiProtective behavior is crucial and needed when crisis conditions occur, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study wanted to examine whether (1) unrealistic optimism is significantly correlated to risk perception; (2) risk ...
Sabiqotul Husna, Denisa Apriliawati
doaj +1 more source