Valence effect

Valence effect

The Valence effect of prediction is the tendency for people to simply overestimate the likelihood of good things happening rather than bad things. "Valence" refers to the "positive" or "negative" emotional charge something has.

This finding has been corroborated by dozens of studies. In one straightforward experiment, all other things being equal, participants assigned a higher probability to picking a card that had a smiling face on its reverse side than one which had a frowning face. [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sias.org.uk%2Fdata%2Fpapers%2FBehaviouralFinance%2FDownloadPDF&ei=Srw4RpzQLpPEiwGhu7TkDA&usg=AFrqEze1605hIFtf9inCo5FHPZZTeq-DTQ&sig2=lg65w26FFzNGNf232y9ToA]

In addition, some have reported a valence effect in attribution when we overpredict the likelihood of positive events happening to "ourselves" relative to others. "See self-serving bias."

The outcome of valence effects may be called wishful thinking. However, in certain situations, the positive outcome bias may actually alter the event in some way so that it indeed results in a positive outcome. Examples of this have been seen to occur in war battles, when generals have often roused up their soldiers to a point where they are able to emerge victorious in the fought battle.fact | date= April 2008

References

* Rosenhan, D. L. & Messick, S. (1966). Affect and expectation. "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology" 3, 38-44.
* Nigel Taylor (2000). [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sias.org.uk%2Fdata%2Fpapers%2FBehaviouralFinance%2FDownloadPDF&ei=Srw4RpzQLpPEiwGhu7TkDA&usg=AFrqEze1605hIFtf9inCo5FHPZZTeq-DTQ&sig2=lg65w26FFzNGNf232y9ToA Making Actuaries Less Human] . Staple Inn Actuarial Society, 15. "For picking a card see section 6.2 on page 15."

ee also

*list of cognitive biases
*Valence (psychology)


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