Positive attitude

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The main requirement for perception is realism. An adequate person does not live in glitches, but in reality. On the other hand, in any event there are different sides: pleasant and not, useful and harmful, worthy and bad. A positive view of the world sees in it all the best, its bright and joyful sides, all that promises us good luck and success.

Two looked at one window.

One saw rain and mud

the other — green ligature foliage,

spring and the sky is blue!

Two people were looking out of the same window…

Leaving the apartment, one will be upset that the entrance wall is painted again, and the other will be delighted that the elevator opened at the very first press of a button. Both of these people live in the same world, but each of them chooses what to see. Positive worldview — the perception of the world mainly through a positive attitude, in bright and bright colors, the habit of noticing the good in everything.

A positive worldview is determined primarily by people’s beliefs, a set of positive or negative beliefs.

Although, apparently, it is more accurate to talk here not about beliefs, but about beliefs. Like belief, belief is an intellectual reflex of a person, his fixed reaction to certain aspects of life, but unlike beliefs and prejudices, belief is deliberate and based on a meaningful (coherent, logical) justification. The beliefs underlying a positive or negative picture of the world are rarely seriously considered …

These are people’s beliefs about the benevolence of the surrounding people and the world as a whole, about the fair arrangement of the world and life, about the place of good luck in life and about the ability of a person to control life events (author’s position). It is clear that a certain idea of ​​uXNUMXbuXNUMXbmyself, who I am and what I am, is also connected with this.

. People with a positive worldview are more likely to like themselves: they see more advantages in themselves than disadvantages, and they are sure that others think of them as well. On the contrary, a low opinion of oneself, a vision of mostly shortcomings in oneself and the confidence that others do not see him as an interesting and attractive person characterizes a negative self-image.

. The belief of people about the benevolence of the world and people in its positive pole is represented by the position “The world can be trusted, it is safe and benevolent. People are kind and ready to help”, in the negative pole — “People often betray, they are unfriendly and evil. You can’t trust people.»

. Those who are close to such beliefs believe that life rewards decent and worthy people, and punishes dishonorable, bad people. Those who do not believe in a fair arrangement of the world believe that life does not care about justice, and life’s successes are distributed sometimes by chance, but sometimes simply among those who know how to snatch from life and people.

. People with a positive worldview more often consider themselves a lucky person, to whom luck and fate are favorable. People with a negative worldview tend to note bad luck, an unfortunate and unfavorable set of circumstances.

. Those who are close to this position are confident in their ability to control the situation, achieve their goals and prevent trouble. On the contrary, people in the position of the victim do not believe that it is in their power to achieve something confidently, it is impossible to protect themselves from failure.

In psychological research, the positivity of the worldview is measured, in particular, by the M.A. Padun and A.V. Kotelnikova «Methodology for the study of the basic beliefs of the individual.docx».

Unfortunately, a positive worldview is not always realistic enough. The people with the strongest (and inadequate) positive mindset are gambling addicts: gamblers addicted to slot machines. They are categorically sure that they will definitely be lucky, and on this basis they squander the last money. Such an unrealistic worldview is characteristic of a human child. Reasonable people use a positive attitude like any other tool: only where it is appropriate. A positive attitude in our culture is not very accepted and underdeveloped, but it is definitely worth developing.

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