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Showing 1 to 20 of 523 for “"Optimism"”.
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A Programming Model For Optimism
… of slow operations with predictable outcomes. Optimism is used in concurrency control and distributed simulation systems, but is not generally used. Optimistic algorithms are difficult to write because of the necessity for checkpointing, rollback, and dependency tracking. This thesis presents a …
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Cultural variation in unrealistic optimism
… of self (Japanese) would show less unrealistic optimism about potential, future life events than individuals from a culture characteristic of an independent construal of self (Canadian). Canadian respondents were indeed significantly more unrealistically optimistic than the Japanese, although …
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Psychophysiological differences in attachment and optimism
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Optimism and the brain: trait optimism mediates the protective role of orbitofrontal cortex gray matter volume against anxiety
… influence anxiety as a general tendency. Trait optimism, characterized by the overall positive expectancy about the future, is positively correlated with emotional wellbeing and negatively correlated with anxiety. At the brain level, reduced volume in orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) has been linked …
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The Effects of Optimism on Anti-Natalism
… irrespective of how bad life is because of an optimism bias (Benatar, 2006). I tested this theory by assessing the effects of optimism on people’s opinions of and support for anti-natalism. Overall, optimism did not significantly reduce anti-natalism, though optimism specifically about future …
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Academic Optimism of Schools and Student Achievement
… (2006) suggested that high levels of Academic OptimismAO (including collective teacher efficacy-CTE, faculty trust in parents and students-FT, and academic emphasis-AE), when controlling for SES, is a strong force in predicting academic achievement. This study attempted to support previous …
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An Examination of an Optimism Training intervention on Optimism Levels of NCAA Division I Athletes: A Single Subject Design
Optimism has been shown to provide many benefits, such as better health, increased satisfaction, confidence, motivation, and higher athletic performance. Research has also suggested the ability to increase the frequency of experiencing those benefits through the use of certain cognitive behavior …
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Does mentoring cause a person to have learned optimism?
The purpose of the study was to explore "optimism," the characteristics of an optimistic person, and the relationship to the mentoring experience. Are optimistic individuals, likely to engage in helping others through volunteering and mentoring? The study specifically focused on the experiences of …
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An Exploratory Study of the Academic Optimism of Principals
Academic optimism of the principal is a construct comprised of trust in teachers, self-efficacy of the principal, and principal’s academic emphasis. Academic optimism has been demonstrated at both the organizational and teacher levels, but research concerning principal’s academic optimism is only …
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An Empirical Analysis of Financial Optimism and Portfolio Choice
… of this thesis is to conduct a detailed study of optimism in financial decision making. I contribute to the literature by clarifying the relationship between financial optimism and individual investors’ portfolio choice. I also investigate whether optimism benefits an investor’s objective and …
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Investigation of over-fitting and optimism in prognostic models
… methods). The concepts of over-fitting and optimism are examined. The author concludes that whilst Harrell’s strategy is valuable it is still quite possible to produce models that are over-fitted. MDL (Minimum Description Length) is suggested as potentially useful methods by which …
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Optimism and Robustness: Learning From Structured and Semi-Random Inputs
Traditionally, algorithms have been studied under two regimes: worst-case analysis, which makes no assumptions about the input, and average-case analysis, which assumes that inputs are drawn from a certain distribution. However, real-world inputs rarely conform to either of these extremes. A new …
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The Relation Between Optimism And Job Performance: An Applied Setting
… Attributional Style Questionnaire (a measure of optimism), with a broad, general measure of personality, the Gordon Personal Profile-Inventory, comparing jobs specifically requiring higher levels of optimism versus jobs that do not require high levels of optimism. The results suggest that the use …
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A Measure Of Entrepreneurial Risk Preference And Optimism Using Field Experiments
Previous studies have underscored the economic importance of the role of the entrepreneur, and empirical studies testing the nature of the entrepreneur are notably lacking. This study directly addresses this issue by examining newly gathered field data which captures the decision making and risk …
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Revealing Academic Optimism in a High Achieving Middle School: A Case Study
… middle school staff demonstrated Academic Optimism as measured by the School Academic Optimism Scale (SAOS) and the Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire (Revised) for middle schools. Twenty-seven teachers from a chosen middle school participated in the study. Additionally, …
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Burnout in academics : the role of humour and optimism as stress buffers
… stress, use of humour to cope with stress, optimism, pessimism, and burnout was investigated. Participants included 180 lecturers from a range of Perth universities and disciplines. Questionnaire packages were delivered to the participants at their universities and were later returned to the …
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