Lord777
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One cockroach will spoil the look of a bowl of berries, while one cockroach will not improve a bowl full of cockroaches. So, the negative in most cases kills the positive and loss aversion is just one of the manifestations of such a predominance of the negative.
Bad emotions, bad parents and bad feedback have more consequences than good ones, and information about something bad is processed more carefully.
A person's motivation is stronger when she avoids bad self-definitions than when she works on positive ones. Bad stereotypes and unpleasant impressions form faster than good ones, and are more resistant to attempts to eliminate them."
Daniel Kahneman, from Think Slow ... Decide Fast
Bad emotions, bad parents and bad feedback have more consequences than good ones, and information about something bad is processed more carefully.
A person's motivation is stronger when she avoids bad self-definitions than when she works on positive ones. Bad stereotypes and unpleasant impressions form faster than good ones, and are more resistant to attempts to eliminate them."
Daniel Kahneman, from Think Slow ... Decide Fast
