The Pollyanna principle, also called the positivity bias is a tendency for people to remember pleasant items more accurately than unpleasant ones.

The Pollyanna principle originated from Eleanor H. Porter’s novels. The novels’ main character is a little girl, Pollyanna, who has the ability to see only the positive side of things.

Hildy Gottlieb’s new book The Pollyanna Principles is a handbook for starting a revolution in social benefit organization design and practice, but it isn’t the revolution. What’s the catch? Well, it ...

The Pollyanna Principle (or positivity bias) describes the human tendency to focus on good things over bad. “Pollyannas” remember positive things more accurately than negative ones, and also ...

The Pollyanna Principle. Named after this charming girl, the "Pollyanna principle" in psychology refers to the fact that we tend to look at the past with rose-tinted spectacles.

But today Pollyanna her name is synonymous with optimism — to a fault. Politicians and scholars alike attribute "the Pollyanna principle" to people who look on the bright side and hope for the ...

Hildy Gottlieb, consultant and president of the Community-Driven Institute, wishes to do away with two ideas that she thinks limit the ambitions and success of nonprofit organizations, and instead put ...

Pollyanna has delighted generations of children - and adults - since it was first published in 1913. Of course, it is not to everybody's taste. Some people dismiss it as mawkish and silly.

The Pollyanna Principle. Named after this charming girl, the "Pollyanna principle" in psychology refers to the fact that we tend to look at the past with rose-tinted spectacles.

She was cute, she was cheerful, and she was famous for the creation of "the glad game." But today her name is synonymous with optimism — to a fault. Liane Hansen explores the roots of Pollyanna ...