Assertion: optimism | /r/HasProperty | useful
Facets:
value: in –
type: LOCATION
value: for validating a decision
type: PURPOSE
value: to a person
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for brainstorming ideas
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: For example, optimism is useful for brainstorming ideas and pessimism is useful for validating a decision or solution.
text: For example, optimism is useful for brainstorming ideas and pessimism is useful for validating a decision or solution.
text: There is abundant reason to believe that optimism – big, little, and in between – is useful to a person because positive expectations can be self-fulfilling.
text: One last point, optimism is found to be useful provided the participants felt they could influence the outcomes.