> From: Noelle <noelle> > Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 17:58:13 -0700 (PDT) > > https://www.npr.org/2020/05/20/859713746/optimism-is-it-a-personality-trait-or-could-people-possibly-learn-it I wonder why the perception that a situation is temporary but that the participants would expect to get worse wasn't discussed? Wouldn't that also be pessimism?