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Wishful thinking is the formation of beliefs based on what might be pleasing to imagine, rather than on evidence, rationality, or reality. It is a product of resolving conflicts between belief and desire. [1] Methodologies to examine wishful thinking are diverse.
The conclusion that every dream reveals itself as the fulfillment of a desire derives from Freud's extensive work when he was exploring the unconscious.The method used involves interpreting the content of a large number of dreams in order to uncover the underlying latent meaning and to identify the unconscious desires and conflicts that are causing psychological distress.
The Pollyanna principle (also called Pollyannaism or positivity bias) is the tendency for people to remember pleasant items more accurately than unpleasant ones. [1] Research indicates that at the subconscious level, the mind tends to focus on the optimistic; while at the conscious level, it tends to focus on the negative.
In psychology and cognitive science, a memory bias is a cognitive bias that either enhances or impairs the recall of a memory (either the chances that the memory will be recalled at all, or the amount of time it takes for it to be recalled, or both), or that alters the content of a reported memory. There are many types of memory bias, including:
According to the APA Dictionary of Psychology, a feeling is "a self-contained phenomenal experience"; feelings are "subjective, evaluative, and independent of the sensations, thoughts, or images evoking them". [1] The term feeling is closely related to, but not the same as, emotion.
Three weeks before Election Day, there is a growing chorus of opinion that the Kamala Harris campaign is not exactly peaking at the right time.. Even in the friendly company of adoring ...
The Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral said Russia is the ‘biggest threat’ to the UK but dismissed speculation President Putin could be ‘toppled’.
Whatever Isabel was thinking, Nugent says, her daughter kept it to herself. “It was like she had a double life that she didn't tell anybody," she says. "She didn't tell any of her friends the ...