P: Pollyanna Principle: Wikipedia: Wandering Wikis
Channel: Wandering Wikis [See: Moribund Inst.]
Date: 2021-04-27

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. This subconscious bias is similar to the Forer effect.

Wikipedia contributors, "Pollyanna principle," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pollyanna_principle&oldid=1013781547 (accessed April 27, 2021).