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YSK that if one negative comment sticks with you more than ten compliments, you're experiencing something called negativity bias.
Why YSK: Understanding negativity bias can help explain why a single criticism, mistake, or embarrassing moment can stick with you far longer than dozens of positive experiences. Just knowing this phenomenon has a name can make it easier to recognize when your brain is giving more weight to the negative than it should.
Negativity bias is a well-documented psychological phenomenon where our brains pay more attention to negative information than equally positive information. Researchers believe this likely helped our ancestors survive. Missing something dangerous could have had serious consequences, while overlooking something positive usually wasn't as costly. As a result, our brains became especially good at spotting and remembering potential threats.
Even though most of us no longer have to worry about predators, that same tendency still influences everyday life. It's one reason why:
• One rude comment online can outweigh dozens of kind ones.
• One mistake at work can make you forget everything else you did well that week.
You might remember an embarrassing moment from years ago more vividly than a compliment you received yesterday.
This doesn't mean you're "too negative" or that something is wrong with you. It's simply a tendency our brains have. But being aware of negativity bias can help you pause and ask yourself whether you're seeing the whole picture, or whether your brain is naturally giving more weight to the negative than it deserves.
Source:
1. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3652533/
2. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyond-stress-and-burnout/202603/the-negativity-bias-impacts-everything-in-our-lives
#education
Why YSK: Understanding negativity bias can help explain why a single criticism, mistake, or embarrassing moment can stick with you far longer than dozens of positive experiences. Just knowing this phenomenon has a name can make it easier to recognize when your brain is giving more weight to the negative than it should.
Negativity bias is a well-documented psychological phenomenon where our brains pay more attention to negative information than equally positive information. Researchers believe this likely helped our ancestors survive. Missing something dangerous could have had serious consequences, while overlooking something positive usually wasn't as costly. As a result, our brains became especially good at spotting and remembering potential threats.
Even though most of us no longer have to worry about predators, that same tendency still influences everyday life. It's one reason why:
• One rude comment online can outweigh dozens of kind ones.
• One mistake at work can make you forget everything else you did well that week.
You might remember an embarrassing moment from years ago more vividly than a compliment you received yesterday.
This doesn't mean you're "too negative" or that something is wrong with you. It's simply a tendency our brains have. But being aware of negativity bias can help you pause and ask yourself whether you're seeing the whole picture, or whether your brain is naturally giving more weight to the negative than it deserves.
Source:
1. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3652533/
2. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyond-stress-and-burnout/202603/the-negativity-bias-impacts-everything-in-our-lives
#education
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