Through all of the online articles I read, I found two that were very informational. The first talks all about optimism. It states that everybody has optimistic thoughts some point in their life. It also states that optimistic people expect the very best of things and that it can be bad for them. Most optimistic people over estimate there lifespan, sometimes by twenty years or more. Also an interesting fact that I found within the article is that neuroscience actually believes that most people are optimistic than realistic. I strongly believe that this is true because of my survey results. Overly positive assumptions can lead to a destroyed person. Optimism makes most people happier, but can also destroy somebody at the same time. The other article was a short one about pessimism but it was also very informative. It stated that pessimism was the doctrine of reality, life, and the world is evil. Pessimistic people always have a negative state of mind. Also it stated that almost everybody has had pessimistic thought sometime in their life. I couldn’t find any clear, informational articles for realism. But realism is the state of mind that believes only the facts. Even if a person is realistic, I believe sometime in their life they have a optimistic or realistic thought. So in assumption to my research questions, I believe that the happiest state of mind is optimism. But I also believe it is better to be a little of all three states of mind optimism, realism, and pessimism.
Works Cited:
Sharot, Tali. "The Optimism Bias." Time 177.23 (2011): 40. MAS Ultra - School Edition. Web. 18 Nov. 2011
"Pessimism." (n.d.): Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. Web. 18 Nov. 2011.
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