Comparing personal and social optimism biases: magnitude, overlap, modifiability, and links with social identification and expertise
Abstract Individuals are more optimistic about their own future than a comparable person’s future (personal optimism bias). In addition, they show overoptimism toward people or social groups they identify with compared with those they do not identify with (social optimism bias). However, commonaliti...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Nature
2021-10-01
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Series: | Humanities & Social Sciences Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-00913-8 |