Class information for:
Level 1: UNREALISTIC OPTIMISM//COMPARATIVE OPTIMISM//OPTIMISTIC BIAS

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
9672 1132 42.9 61%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes
The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.


Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
1 4 ECONOMICS//EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH//PSYCHOL 3876184
63 3       PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL//JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY//PSYCHOL 85692
98 2             PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL//JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY//JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 26134
9672 1                   UNREALISTIC OPTIMISM//COMPARATIVE OPTIMISM//OPTIMISTIC BIAS 1132

Terms with highest relevance score


rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 UNREALISTIC OPTIMISM authKW 1046040 5% 71% 55
2 COMPARATIVE OPTIMISM authKW 504173 2% 69% 27
3 OPTIMISTIC BIAS authKW 490377 4% 45% 40
4 ABOVE AVERAGE EFFECT authKW 228471 1% 71% 12
5 COMPARATIVE JUDGMENT authKW 205119 2% 45% 17
6 SELF ENHANCEMENT authKW 187094 4% 16% 44
7 DESIRABILITY BIAS authKW 179814 1% 67% 10
8 SYNERGISTIC RISK authKW 161839 1% 100% 6
9 MOTIVATIONAL ACCOUNT authKW 134866 0% 100% 5
10 EGOCENTRISM authKW 131834 2% 22% 22

Web of Science journal categories


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 Psychology, Social 63652 40% 1% 452
2 Psychology, Multidisciplinary 6563 18% 0% 200
3 Psychology, Clinical 2702 11% 0% 128
4 Communication 878 4% 0% 41
5 Psychology, Experimental 758 6% 0% 68
6 Psychology, Applied 741 4% 0% 48
7 Psychology 726 6% 0% 68
8 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health 670 11% 0% 126
9 Business 243 3% 0% 34
10 Information Science & Library Science 162 2% 0% 24

Address terms


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 SOCIAL SCI PL MED INNOVAT 53946 0% 100% 2
2 CMU TEPPER 35963 0% 67% 2
3 ABERDEEN ABORAT NUTR 26973 0% 100% 1
4 ACCIDENTOL BIOMECAN ETUDE COMPORTEMENT HUMA 26973 0% 100% 1
5 ANTHROPOL PSYCHOL COGNIT SOCI 26973 0% 100% 1
6 BRIDGESTONE CHAIR INT BUSINESS 26973 0% 100% 1
7 CHANNING CANC PREVENT 26973 0% 100% 1
8 CMUI TEPPER 26973 0% 100% 1
9 COMMUN COMMUN ARTS SCI 480 26973 0% 100% 1
10 COMPARAT EMOT GRP 26973 0% 100% 1

Journals


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN 39201 7% 2% 74
2 JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 35342 8% 1% 93
3 PSYCHOLOGY & HEALTH 19556 3% 2% 34
4 JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 14718 3% 1% 38
5 HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 14256 3% 1% 37
6 BASIC AND APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 10467 2% 2% 21
7 JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 9838 3% 1% 38
8 SOCIAL COGNITION 8657 2% 2% 17
9 JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE 8035 2% 1% 22
10 JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION 7842 2% 1% 20

Author Key Words


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 UNREALISTIC OPTIMISM 1046040 5% 71% 55 Search UNREALISTIC+OPTIMISM Search UNREALISTIC+OPTIMISM
2 COMPARATIVE OPTIMISM 504173 2% 69% 27 Search COMPARATIVE+OPTIMISM Search COMPARATIVE+OPTIMISM
3 OPTIMISTIC BIAS 490377 4% 45% 40 Search OPTIMISTIC+BIAS Search OPTIMISTIC+BIAS
4 ABOVE AVERAGE EFFECT 228471 1% 71% 12 Search ABOVE+AVERAGE+EFFECT Search ABOVE+AVERAGE+EFFECT
5 COMPARATIVE JUDGMENT 205119 2% 45% 17 Search COMPARATIVE+JUDGMENT Search COMPARATIVE+JUDGMENT
6 SELF ENHANCEMENT 187094 4% 16% 44 Search SELF+ENHANCEMENT Search SELF+ENHANCEMENT
7 DESIRABILITY BIAS 179814 1% 67% 10 Search DESIRABILITY+BIAS Search DESIRABILITY+BIAS
8 SYNERGISTIC RISK 161839 1% 100% 6 Search SYNERGISTIC+RISK Search SYNERGISTIC+RISK
9 MOTIVATIONAL ACCOUNT 134866 0% 100% 5 Search MOTIVATIONAL+ACCOUNT Search MOTIVATIONAL+ACCOUNT
10 EGOCENTRISM 131834 2% 22% 22 Search EGOCENTRISM Search EGOCENTRISM

Core articles
The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.


Rank Reference # ref.
in cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 SHEPPERD, JA , KLEIN, WMP , WATERS, EA , WEINSTEIN, ND , (2013) TAKING STOCK OF UNREALISTIC OPTIMISM.PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. VOL. 8. ISSUE 4. P. 395-411 65 79% 36
2 CHAMBERS, JR , WINDSCHITL, PD , (2004) BIASES IN SOCIAL COMPARATIVE JUDGMENTS: THE ROLE OF NONMOTIVATED FACTORS IN ABOVE-AVERAGE AND COMPARATIVE-OPTIMISM EFFECTS.PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN. VOL. 130. ISSUE 5. P. 813-838 77 76% 212
3 HARRIS, AJL , HAHN, U , (2011) UNREALISTIC OPTIMISM ABOUT FUTURE LIFE EVENTS: A CAUTIONARY NOTE.PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW. VOL. 118. ISSUE 1. P. 135 -154 75 60% 43
4 SHEPPERD, JA , WATERS, EA , WEINSTEIN, ND , KLEIN, WMP , (2015) A PRIMER ON UNREALISTIC OPTIMISM.CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. VOL. 24. ISSUE 3. P. 232 -237 32 94% 11
5 HELWEG-LARSEN, M , SHEPPERD, JA , (2001) DO MODERATORS OF THE OPTIMISTIC BIAS AFFECT PERSONAL OR TARGET RISK ESTIMATES? A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE.PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW. VOL. 5. ISSUE 1. P. 74 -95 52 69% 184
6 MILES, S , SCAIFE, V , (2003) OPTIMISTIC BIAS AND FOOD.NUTRITION RESEARCH REVIEWS. VOL. 16. ISSUE 1. P. 3 -19 50 74% 46
7 SHEPPERD, JA , CARROLL, P , GRACE, J , TERRY, M , (2002) EXPLORING THE CAUSES OF COMPARATIVE OPTIMISM.PSYCHOLOGICA BELGICA. VOL. 42. ISSUE 1-2. P. 65-98 53 67% 62
8 SHAH, P , HARRIS, AJL , BIRD, G , CATMUR, C , HAHN, U , (2016) A PESSIMISTIC VIEW OF OPTIMISTIC BELIEF UPDATING.COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. VOL. 90. ISSUE . P. 71 -127 45 56% 0
9 GUENTHER, CL , ALICKE, MD , (2010) DECONSTRUCTING THE BETTER-THAN-AVERAGE EFFECT.JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. VOL. 99. ISSUE 5. P. 755-770 36 73% 22
10 ARMOR, DA , TAYLOR, SE , (1998) SITUATED OPTIMISM: SPECIFIC OUTCOME EXPECTANCIES AND SELF-REGULATION.ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, VOL 30. VOL. 30. ISSUE . P. 309 -379 77 37% 179

Classes with closest relation at Level 1


Rank Class id link
1 25158 SOCIAL PROJECTION//FALSE CONSENSUS//INTERPERSONAL PROJECTION
2 14089 SOCIAL COMPARISON//SCHADENFREUDE//ENVY
3 20287 DISPOSITION EFFECT//OVERCONFIDENCE//INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS
4 12051 OPTIMISM//PESSIMISM//DISPOSITIONAL OPTIMISM
5 16818 CONSTRUAL LEVEL//CONSTRUAL LEVEL THEORY//PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTANCE
6 34920 ADOLESCENT EGOCENTRISM//IMAGINARY AUDIENCE//PERSONAL FABLE
7 13172 CONJUNCTION FALLACY//PROBABILITY JUDGMENT//ADVICE TAKING
8 7326 SELF AFFIRMATION//HEALTH WARNINGS//PLAIN PACKAGING
9 20992 SELF HANDICAPPING//IMPOSTOR PHENOMENON//DEFENSIVE PESSIMISM
10 24541 BARNES JEWISH NURSING ALLIED HLTH//AMER LIFESTYLE MED//ARIZONA NUTR NETWORK

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