The Pollyanna principle "describes the tendency for people to agree with positive statements describing themselves." Basically, we subconsciously focus on the positive, while consciously we look at the negative. The term refers to a young girl named Pollyanna in a 1913 novel of the same name, who displayed a limitless amount of optimism.
This concept is similar to the Barnum effect.
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(This person is kinda upset that I dissed their favorite browser. I actually use Chrome and I like it, but for some reason the layout here is different than on Firefox. And of course, the iPad and IE just plain suck. You tool.)
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Pollyanna principle
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