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Individuals Differ in the Extent to Which They Tend to Think

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Individuals differ in the extent to which they tend to think optimistically or pessimistically. How optimism/pessimism might be related to environmental behavior is not obvious. Why might optimism be positively correlated with proenvironmental behavior? Why might pessimism? Why might each of these be negatively correlated with proenvironmental behavior?


Definitions:

Childhood Mental Disorders

Psychiatric conditions recognized in early life, characterized by significant disturbances in behavior, emotion, or cognitive function.

Prevalence

The proportion of a population found to have a condition or disease at a given time.

Mood Disorders

A category of mental health disorders that primarily affect a person's emotional state, causing significant highs and lows in mood.

Physiological Factors

Aspects related to the functions of living organisms and their parts, including physical and chemical processes.

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