Although social psychology has been traditionally focused on interpersonal relationships,
the cognitive revolution in psychology has had the effect of refocusing some social …

The optimistic bias is defined as judging one's own risk as less than the risk of others.
Researchers have identified numerous personal and situational factors that moderate the …

Researchers have used terms such as unrealistic optimism and optimistic bias to refer to
concepts that are similar but not synonymous. Drawing from 3 decades of research, we …

Like the inhabitants of Garrison Keillor's (1985) fictional community of Lake Wobegon, most
people appear to believe that their skills and abilities are above average. A series of studies …

Welche psychologischen Prozesse sind für eine gesunde Lebensweise oder für riskante
Gewohnheiten verantwortlich? Im Blickpunkt der Neubearbeitung des Bandes steht …

This paper disentangles a number of closely related cognitions by dividing them into the
categories of defensive and functional optimism. Optimistic biases in risk perception are …

Biases in social comparative judgments, such as those illustrated by above-average and
comparative-optimism effects, are often regarded as products of motivated reasoning (eg …

People consistently believe that negative events are less likely to happen to them than to
others. Research suggests a relationship between this optimistic bias and perceived control …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the role of specific outcome expectancies in self-
regulation. It is observed that specific expectancies are commonly found to be optimistic. The …

Which behaviour patterns are detrimental to health? Why do people engage in such
behaviour, even if they know about its negative effects? How can people be influenced to …