College students were posed the following hypothetical situation:
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ᴀʟᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ʏᴏᴜ sᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɢᴏᴀʟ ᴏғ ɢᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴀ (B),ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴇxᴀᴍ sᴄᴏʀᴇ ,ᴡᴏʀᴛʜ 30% ᴏғ ʏᴏᴜʀ ғɪɴᴀʟ ɢʀᴀᴅᴇ ɪs ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ,ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʀᴇᴄᴇɪᴠᴇᴅ ᴀ D. ɪᴛ ɪs ɴᴏᴡ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʟᴇᴀʀʙᴇᴅ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ D ɢʀᴀᴅᴇ ,ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏ?

Hope made all the difference . The response by students with high levels of hope was to work harder and think of a range of things they might try that could bolsters their final grade.Students with moderate levels of hope thought of several ways they might up their grade, but had far less determination to pursue them. And understandably , students with low hopes gave up on both counts ,demoralized .
But 👀the question is not theoretical , however 🤗when C.R Snyder ,a psychologist who did this study, compared the actual academic achievement of freshman students high and low on hope ,he discovered that hope was a better predictor of their first semester grades than were their scores on the SAT ,a test supposedly able to predict how students will fare in college (🧐well in general it's highly correlated with IQ ) . Again , given roughly the same range of intellectual abilities ,emotional aptitude make the critical difference .

Synder's explanation 🤓:- “sᴛᴜᴅᴇɴᴛs ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪɢʜ ʜᴏᴘᴇ sᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴍsᴇʟᴠᴇs ʜɪɢʜᴇʀ ɢᴏᴀʟs ᴀɴᴅ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ʜᴀʀᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴛᴛᴀɪɴ ᴛʜᴇᴍ .ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀʀᴇ sᴛᴜᴅᴇɴᴛs ᴏғ ᴇϙᴜɪᴠᴀʟᴇɴᴛ ɪɴᴛᴇʟʟᴇᴄᴛᴜᴀʟ ᴀᴘᴛɪᴛᴜᴅᴇ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴀᴄᴀᴅᴇᴍɪᴄ ᴀᴄʜɪᴇᴠᴇᴍᴇɴᴛs ,ᴡʜᴀᴛ sᴇᴛs ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴀᴘᴀʀᴛ ɪs ʜᴏᴘᴇ ."

👸As a familiar legend has it ,Pandora ,a princess of ancient Greece,was given a gift ,a mysterious box ,by gods jealous of her beauty .She was told she must never open the gift .But one day , overcome by curiosity and temptation, Pandora lifted the lid to peek in ,letting loose in the world the grand afflictions - disease , malaise , madness .But a compassionate god 👼 let her close the box just in time to capture the one antidote that makes life's misery bearable : hope 👀.

Hope , modern researchers are finding ,does more than offer a bit of solace amid affliction ; it plays a surprisingly potent role in life , offering an advantage in realms as diverse as school achievement and bearing up in onerous jobs. Hope ,in a technical sense(according to me ) ,is more than the sunny view 🌞that everything will turn out all right . My conscience defines it with more specifically as“ believing you have both the will and the way to accomplish your goals , whatever they may be".
💁 people tend to differ in the general degree to which they have hope in this sense . Some typically think of themselves as able to get out of a jam or find ways to solve problems ,while others simply do not see themselves as having the energy , ability or means to accomplish their goals. People with high hopes , certainly share certain traits ,among them being able to motivate themselves, feeling resourceful enough to finds ways out of adversities
From my perspective of emotional intelligence , having hope means that one will not give in to overwhelming anxiety ,a defeatist attitude,or depression in the face of adversities. Indeed 😄, people who are hopeful evidence less depression than others as they maneuver through life in pursuit of their goals ,are less anxious in general ,and have fewer emotional distresses ..

Thanks for reading 💙🙏
As a psychology student ,this is my own review on one of the topic of Daniel Goleman's book : THE POWER OF POSTIVE THINKING..












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