Offers information on recent advances in psychology for the professional reader specialising in personality and social psychology, and experimental psychology. Topics covered here include optimism, in both realistic and unrealistic terms. At the same time, the concept of optimism is explored.
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Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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b&w illustrations, references, index
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Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 156 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-12-015230-8 (9780120152308)
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Conceptual and empirical foundations - the expressons and causes of optimistic expectations; understanding the consequences - the dilemma of unrealistic optmism; resolving the dilemma of unrealistic optimism; summary and conceptual issues.