Pollyanna principle
Tendency to remember pleasant things better / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Pollyanna principle (also called Pollyannaism or positivity bias) is the tendency for people to remember pleasant items more accurately than unpleasant ones.[1] Research indicates that at the unconscious level, the mind tends to focus on the optimistic; while at the conscious level, it tends to focus on the negative. This unconscious bias is similar to the Barnum effect.[2]