Seth's Blog: The problem with positive thinking

Re:Seth's Blog: The problem with positive thinking by jdavidson on Friday September 04, 2009 @04:04PM (#805573)

Any one have links to the evidence mentioned for the effect of positive thinking on performance?

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Re:Seth's Blog: The problem with positive thinking by Alex3917 on Friday September 04, 2009 @05:00PM (#805695)

Most of the research on this comes from the field of educational psychology. The specific term that you would search is 'self-efficacy'.

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Re:Seth's Blog: The problem with positive thinking by stse on Friday September 04, 2009 @05:11PM (#805726)

Also "Performance Psychology" which as its origin in sports.

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Re:Seth's Blog: The problem with positive thinking by jdavidson on Saturday September 05, 2009 @03:55PM (#806952)

Thanks!

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