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'''Optimism bias is a cognitive bias that causes [[We|us]] to believe that they themselves are less likely to experience a negative event. Scientists have shown this in multiple studies'''<ref>'''The optimism bias.''' Tali Sharot. PRIMER| VOLUME 21, ISSUE 23, PR941-R945, DECEMBER 06, 2011. DOI:<nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.10.030</nowiki></ref> '''revealing''': | '''Optimism bias is a cognitive bias that causes [[We|us]] to believe that they themselves are less likely to experience a negative event. Scientists have shown this in multiple studies'''<ref>'''The optimism bias.''' Tali Sharot. PRIMER| VOLUME 21, ISSUE 23, PR941-R945, DECEMBER 06, 2011. DOI:<nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.10.030</nowiki></ref> '''revealing''': | ||
* Students expect to receive higher starting salaries and more job offers than they end up getting. | * People are excessively and unrealistically optimistic when judging their driving competency and accident risk.<ref>'''The optimism bias and traffic accident risk perception.''' Accident Analysis & Prevention. Volume 21, Issue 4, August 1989, Pages 333-340. David M.DeJoy. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1016/0001-4575(89)90024-9</nowiki>. Accessed on 22 August via <nowiki>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0001457589900249</nowiki>.</ref> | ||
* Students expect to receive higher starting salaries and more job offers than they end up getting. | |||
* People tend to underestimate how long a project will take to complete and how much it will cost. | * People tend to underestimate how long a project will take to complete and how much it will cost. | ||
* We expect greater pleasure from a vacation than we subsequently do. | * We expect greater pleasure from a vacation than we subsequently do. | ||