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The Complex Dynamics of Wishful Thinking: The Critical Positivity Ratio.

We examine critically the claims made by Fredrickson and Losada (2005) concerning the construct known as the "positivity ratio." We find no theoretical or empirical justification for the use of differential equations drawn from fluid dynamics, a subfield of physics, to describe changes in human emot...

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Published in:American Psychologist Vol. 68; no. 9; pp. 801 - 814
Main Authors: Brown, Nicholas J. L., Sokal, D., Friedman, Harris L.
Format: Article
Published: American Psychological Association Dec2013
Subjects:
Emotions
Empiricism
Optimism
Pessimism
Psychology
Biomechanics
Chaos theory
Mathematics
Research
Time
Mathematical variables
Theory
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