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   The Optimism Bias: Is It Adaptive In Academic Settings?

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Caryl Ochse --- University of South Africa,

   This study investigated whether optimism was adaptive or maladaptive in an academic context. Participants were 715 psychology students with a large open and distance education university in South Africa (age range 20 to 61, average age 31 years, women =...

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   An investigation of investors’ estimates of returns earned and the effect of anchoring on these estimations

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: G Dowie --- College of Accounting, South Africa G Willows --- College of Accounting, South Africa

   This study examines overconfidence and anchoring in an investing environment to determine if there is evidence of the phenomenon amongst a sample of academics at participating universities.

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   Exam anxiety in connection with life orientation in upper secondary education students

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health • Authors: Michaela Gajdošová --- Comenium University, Slovakia Zuzana Haláková --- Comenium University, Slovakia Romana Adámková --- J. E. Purkyne University, Czech Republic Milan Kubiatko --- J. E. Purkyne University, Czech Republic

   Background: Exam anxiety is beginning to affect an increasing number of students.

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