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Benefits of Defensive Pessimism
When comparing defensive pessimists to anxious people who do not practice defensive pessimism, the defensive pessimists show these benefits:
- Their self-esteem and satisfaction increase over time.
- They perform better academically
- They form more supportive friendship networks,
- They make more progress in their personal goals.
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Self-handicapping
Self-handicapping is where an individual will create obstacles for themselves before an ability-evaluating event. If it turned out poorly, the obstacles became an excuse or explanation for the failure. If it turned out positive, the obstacles became conquered hurdles.
Self-ha...
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Defensive pessimism vs pessimism
- Pessimists only expect bad things to happen. And this leads to increased anxiety and decreased perceived goal importance.
- Defensive pessimists tend to reflect about, or plan for, their performance. This leads to increased perceived goal importance, increased levels of e...
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Defensive Pessimism
Defensive pessimism is a strategy used by people who are anxious about an upcoming event. They set unrealistically low expectations before going into a situation and take steps to avoid poor performance. Defensive pessimism involves over-preparation.
For example, someone preparing...
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Defensive pessimism or strategic optimism
- Research found that defensive pessimists will do best when they can think through possible negative outcomes.
- Strategic optimists will do best when they avoid thinking about possible negative outcomes.
Pessimism can have positive effects. If you are an anxious person, try...
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The emotional component of stickiness
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- The easiest way to make people care is to form creative associations between something they already care about and something they don't care about (y...
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