Negativity Bias

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You are familiar with the term negativity bias.
You have probably put some thought into where it may impact your behaviours.
Negativity bias is frequently defined as your heightened sense of awareness toward negative versus positive stimuli.


This is not entirely accurate.
While the heightened perception toward negative stimuli can be an effect, this is not negativity bias.
Negativity bias is your tendency to place greater importance on negative stimuli when compared to positive stimuli of similar magnitude.


You are not simply more perceptive to negativity.
You are, however, more receptive to overvaluing the implications of negative stimuli.
This is a subtle yet important distinction.


While negativity bias is not going anywhere, understanding how it integrates with cognition is useful.
Thoughtfulness around the weight you place on stimuli can do a great deal in managing your ongoing perspective.
This is not a passive task: attend to the importance you place broadly across perspectives.


In times of change, you are challenged to flex different muscles and perspectives.
Build the muscle of challenging your evaluation of your perspectives.



Coffee challenges your evaluation of sleepiness,
-Morning Cup

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