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Can Optimism Be Learned? (Like Right Now?)

Can Optimism Be Learned? (Like Right Now?)

Released Wednesday, 29th April 2020
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Can Optimism Be Learned? (Like Right Now?)

Can Optimism Be Learned? (Like Right Now?)

Can Optimism Be Learned? (Like Right Now?)

Can Optimism Be Learned? (Like Right Now?)

Wednesday, 29th April 2020
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Optimism is often thought as a disposition, something you're born with or without. So can it be learned? On today's show, Maddie talks with Alix Spiegel, co-host of NPR's Invisibilia, about "learned optimism." We'll look at what it is, the research behind it, and how it might come in handy in certain circumstances, like maybe a global pandemic?

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