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stat.AP2014★ 31 cited
The persistence of wishful thinking: Response to "Updated thinking on positivity ratios"
Nicholas J. L. Brown, Alan D. Sokal, Harris L. Friedman
This is a response to Barbara Fredrickson's comment [American Psychologist 68, 814-822 (2013)] on our article arXiv:1307.7006. We analyze critically the renewed claims made by Fred…
nlin.CD2013★ 230 cited
The complex dynamics of wishful thinking: The critical positivity ratio
Nicholas J. L. Brown, Alan D. Sokal, Harris L. Friedman
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 f…