We see our own lives, and also those we care about, through ‘rose-tinted glasses’. The first study to show ‘optimism bias’ extending beyond self found that people readily changed their beliefs about a person they like when receiving good news but barely changed opinions after receiving bad news.

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We see our own lives, and also those we care about, through ‘rose-tinted glasses’. The first study to show ‘optimism bias’ extending beyond self found that people readily changed their beliefs about a person they like when receiving good news but barely changed opinions after receiving bad news.