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  2. Pollyanna principle - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. The One Phrase Every Middle School Boy Needs to Hear ...

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    Middle school is a time when kids are going through a lot of changes—physically, socially and emotionally. ... It’s also a phrase that addresses other issues that crop up for boys during these ...

  4. Affirmation and negation - Wikipedia

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    An affirmative (positive) form is used to express the validity or truth of a basic assertion, while a negative form expresses its falsity. For example, the affirmative sentence "Joe is here" asserts that it is true that Joe is currently located near the speaker. Conversely, the negative sentence "Joe is not here" asserts that it is not true ...

  5. Quiz bowl - Wikipedia

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    Science Bowl – a U.S. high school and middle school tournament focused on science; PACE – a U.S. non-profit organization best known for the PACE NSC tournament; ACF – a U.S. organization that runs college quiz bowl tournaments; Protmušis - a Lithuanian university quiz tournament; Brain Ring - a Soviet, and later, Russian quiz competition

  6. Quiz - Wikipedia

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    A printed quiz on health issues. A quiz is a form of mind sport in which people attempt to answer questions correctly on one or several topics. Quizzes can be used as a brief assessment in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and skills, or simply as a hobby.

  7. Comparison (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    Comparison is a feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are rendered in an inflected or periphrastic way to indicate a comparative degree, property, quality, or quantity of a corresponding word, phrase, or clause.

  8. Positivity effect - Wikipedia

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    The positivity effect as an attribution phenomenon relates to the habits and characteristics of people when evaluating the causes of their behaviors. To positively attribute is to be open to attributing a person’s inherent disposition as the cause of their positive behaviors, and the situations surrounding them as the potential cause of their ...

  9. Positivity - Wikipedia

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    Positivity may refer to: The degree to which something is positive; Positive charge, a type of electric charge; Positivity/negativity ratio; Positivity effect;