Gathers some of the world's notable scientists, practitioners, and sch olars to discuss the critical role that optimism and pessimism play in people's lives. Presents the complex foundations of optimism and pes simism, ranging from the philosophical to the biological.
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Travelling the Roads Less Taken,
By John Green, Jr. (New York, New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Optimism & Pessimism: Implications for Theory, Research, and Practice (Hardcover)
If you are like me and feel that optimism and pessmism can be both good and bad, you must check out this book! The chapters are interesting, thorough, and cover alot of ground. One or two of the dozen or so chapters can be a bit dense however. Nonetheless, this is by far the most balanced book I've seen written on optimism by some top people like Martin Seligman (who wrote Learned Optimism). It was refreshing to see that the cup can be both half empty and half full at the same time! (The Ying and Yang art cover is absolutely fab if you're into such things.)I'm a freelance writer based in New York and I write columns for several national publications on diverse topics ranging from education to health.
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Defensive Pessimism key to individual differences,
By "alisonmaine" (Seacoast, Maine USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Optimism & Pessimism: Implications for Theory, Research, and Practice (Hardcover)
This informative book, with chapters by several different psychologists, is a wonderful balancing of the one-sided "positive psychology" movement. One size does not fit all of us !! And this book respects and understands our individual differences. I particularly appreciate the chapter by Julie Norem, Ph.D., which previews her insightful new book, The Positive Power of Negative Thinking, about the psychology of Defensive Pessimism.
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impostor phenomenon, optimism and hope constructs, strategic optimists, explanatory style literature, defensive pessimists, symptom expectancies, strategic optimism, discriminant utility, defensive pessimism, heightened pessimism, difficult problem condition, linking optimism, optimism training, pessimism scores, dispositional optimism, measuring optimism, dispositional pessimism, optimism literature, situated optimism, optimistic explanatory style, successful moderation, pessimistic individuals, relationship between optimism, pessimistic orientation, pessimistic explanatory style Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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