Optimism can be defined as “Hopefulness and confidence about the future or the success of something” (en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition, n.d.) or more specifically as “extent to which people hold generalized favorable expectancies for their future” (Birkeland, Blix, & Heir, 2007). It’s a characteristic trait which is unique and observed in certain individuals. It’s a form of mental state in which, one believes that the outcome of some specific task or result, will be positive or good. A widely
I believe that the three texts that I have studied contained moments of optimism and pessimism which in turn have shaped my opinion of the general vision and viewpoint. This alludes to the feelings and emotions portrayed through the omniscient camera in "The King's Speech", the morally inclined narrator Nick Caraway in "The Great Gatsby" and the protagonist in the novel "Foster". I was very intrigued to find out more about these societies and the vision the author/director hoped to convey. "The
historical events inspired Voltaire to write Candide, most notably the Seven Years' War, and the earthquake in Lisbon The story is about a young man who lived in his uncle's house entrusted his education to a teacher who consolidating the thought of optimism and goodwill inside, which isolated from the outside world and make of the qualities of good in everybody and trust them and look for life look very bright, and after that his uncle discovered the relationship beautiful by his son sent off, I will
Pessimism is conceptualised as a lens in which the aspects of life are viewed with a sombre temperament, distorting one’s appreciation for life by ignoring its good aspects, thus lowering one’s expectations. Arthur Schopenhauer is often categorised as the greatest pessimist in Western philosophy despite never formally characterising himself as such. However, he exercises the concepts “optimism” and “pessimism” to classify certain conceits of suffering in his philosophies on human life and existence
different philosophies of the time: Pangloss the proponent of Optimism and Martin the proponent of Pessimism. Each of the two travelers is never together with Candide, until the end, but both entice him to picture the world in one of their two philosophies. Throughout the story there is an apparent ebb and flow
The optimism bias Jazmin Arias California State University, Fresno Information ____ Podcast ___X__ TED talk or video Name of Podcast, TED talk, or video: The optimism bias URL Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/tali_sharot_the_optimism_bias Topic Introduction This Ted Talk is about optimism bias which is the tendency to think more positively about a person’s life than to think negatively. We have these high expectations that good things would happen than bad ones. It is a positive bias
Those who say they can, and those who say they can’t, are both usually right. This is the same thing as optimism vs pessimism. Although seeing solutions in a pessimistic way may be easier than an optimistic, this way is not always right. In the book, The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, it seems as if Golding was trying to tell his readers that the human race is doomed. However, when looked at closer, he does hint at several reasons why humanity is indeed not doomed. People are so smart and
Optimism vs. Pessimism in Pope's Essay on Man and Leapor's Essay on Woman Both Alexander Pope's Essay on Man, Epistle 2 and Mary Leapor's Essay on Woman expound the fatalist contention that neither man nor woman can "win," as each individual exists in a world of trade-offs. Yet, by each author's singular technique of sculpting his ideas with the literary tools of contrast, argument, and syntax, the cores of the two essays turn back to back, evolving into distinct, but contrary perspectives
On the book “How Children Succeed”, Tough stated “The students who persisted in college, they seems like possessed certain skills like optimism and resilience and social agility; but those traits were not enough by themselves to earn a student a bachelor degree.” These traits are not necessary for affluent students, but crucial skills for students without safety net (52) Students equipped with high resilience will able to bounce back from adversity; however, destructive environment can compromise
22(4), 431-455. Annotation. This article supports the hypothesis that optimism positively correlates to a reduction in upper respiratory infection (URI) symptoms and reported health status and that pessimism negatively correlates to URI symptoms and reported health status. However, the study challenged both optimism and pessimism as being bi-polar opposites as intended by the measurement tool and that optimism / pessimism may not be the personality measure to be tested. They hypothesized that