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Optimistic bias

Written by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examโ€ขWritten by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated August 2025

Definition

A cognitive tendency to maintain unrealistic positive expectations about future outcomes, which research links to higher educational attainment and well-being but can also lead to disappointment if goals are not achieved.

AP course connection

Topic guVS4D-qzAkoGZAPzZT99: Big Idea 2: Understand and Analyze

Unit GhKC1SxkLIC0QVXJ

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