Positivity bias is:a) the ability to take on another person's perspective b) the tendency to focus heavily on a person's positive attributes when forming a perception c) something everyone should strive for when interacting with others d) a concept in which we estimate positive qualities of others

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28 January, 20:28

Positivity bias is:a) the ability to take on another person's perspective b) the tendency to focus heavily on a person's positive attributes when forming a perception c) something everyone should strive for when interacting with others d) a concept in which we estimate positive qualities of others

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Layla Case · Answer 1

Answer: B) The tendency to focus heavily on a person's positive attributes when forming a perception

Explanation: Positive bias would be the opposite of persistently seeking out and detecting negative traits in a person. This means that even though that person belongs to an environment that is generally considered negative, we still focus on the positive traits of that person. This is also the case where there is even a tendency to evaluate positively each of the persons who constitute a particular negative environment, not only one. This kind of bias is also called Pollyannaism or The Pollyanna principle, which is basically a tendency to remember more accurately and more vividly the positive, pleasant and affirmative traits and things than the negative ones.