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Positive thinking

Thinking   Being an optimist or a pessimist boils down to the way you talk to yourself. Optimists believe that their own actions result in positive things happening, that they are responsible for their own happiness, and that they can expect more good things to happen in the future. Optimists don’t blame themselves when bad things happen. They view bad events as results of something outside of themselves. I didn’t blame myself for losing my job, but saw it as a business decision that had nothing to do with me personally. Pessimists think the opposite way, however. They blame themselves for the bad things that happen in their lives and think that one mistake means more will inevitably come. Pessimists see positive events as flukes that are outside of their control—a lucky streak that probably won’t happen again. Because of their thought processes, optimists have much brighter futures. A bad circumstance or event is taken in stride, viewed as a temporary setback—not a pe...

Collective Problem Solving

Collective problem solving Problem solving is applied on many different levels − from the individual to the civilizational. Collective problem solving refers to problem solving performed collectively. Social issues and global issues can typically only be solved collectively. It has been noted that the complexity of contemporary problems has exceeded the cognitive capacity of any individual and requires different but complementary expertise and collective problem solving ability. Collective intelligence is shared or group intelligence that emerges from the collaboration, collective efforts, and competition of many individuals. In a 1962 research report, Douglas Engelbart linked collective intelligence to organizational effectiveness, and predicted that pro-actively 'augmenting human intellect' would yield a multiplier effect in group problem solving: "Three people working together in this augmented mode [would] seem to be more than three times as effect...

Attitude

 Attitude In  psychology ,  attitude  is a psychological construct, a mental and emotional entity that inheres in, or characterizes a person.  They are complex and an acquired state through experiences. It is an individual's predisposed state of mind regarding a value and it is precipitated through a responsive expression toward a person, place, thing, or event (the  attitude object ) which in turn influences the individual's thought and action. Prominent psychologist  Gordon Allport described this latent psychological construct as "the most distinctive and indispensable concept in contemporary  social psychology ." Attitude can be formed from a person's past and present. Key  topics in the study of attitudes include attitude strength,  attitude change ,  consumer behavior , and attitude-behavior relationships. Factors Psychological Edit The attitude of a person is determined by psychological factors like ideas, values,...