Truth and Wishful Thinking: How Interindividual Differences in Communal Motives Manifest in Momentary Partner Perceptions
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DOI: 10.1002/per.2227
Abstract: Although rooted in reality, partner perceptions often reflect wishful thinking due to perceivers’ needs. Dispositional needs, or motives, can differ between persons; however, little is known about their differential associations with everyday partner perception. The… read more here.
Keywords: wishful thinking; partner; momentary partner; explicit communal ... See more keywords
Forecasting upon a star: Forecasting or wishful thinking?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2020.101992
Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this paper was to perform a detailed analysis of the challenges faced while developing and using econometric models to forecast future transportation demand. To this end, a comparative analysis of the… read more here.
Keywords: wishful thinking; forecasting wishful; star forecasting; forecasting upon ... See more keywords
The Perils of Wishful Thinking: A Response to Peterson, Bedner, and Berenschot
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DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2024.2442691
Abstract: Abstract Can legal remedies act as a line of defence against dispossession? Although the legal system in Indonesia very rarely yields the outcomes that scholars and activists seem to prefer, “The Perils of Legal Formalism,”… read more here.
Keywords: peterson bedner; law; wishful thinking; bedner berenschot ... See more keywords
Young Children Are Wishful Thinkers: The Development of Wishful Thinking in 3- to 10-Year-Old Children.
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DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13299
Abstract: Previously, research on wishful thinking has found that desires bias older children's and adults' predictions during probabilistic reasoning tasks. In this article, we explore wishful thinking in children aged 3- to 10-years-old. Do young children… read more here.
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Twisting the truth: Foundations of wishful thinking
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DOI: 10.3982/te2744
Abstract: Considerable evidence shows that people have optimistic beliefs about future out- comes. I present an axiomatic model of wishful thinking (WT), in which an endowed alternative, or status quo, influences the agent’s beliefs over states… read more here.
Keywords: wishful thinking; status quo; foundations wishful; twisting truth ... See more keywords