Negativity Bias

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Cognition

Foundational Lexiconbad feels stronger
Executive Parlancenegative weighting
Scholarly Discourseasymmetric valence
Babel ZenithNegativity Bias
Origin: Psychology

Etymology & Meaning

Giving more weight to negative than positive experiences.

In the Boardroom

One complaint outweighing ten compliments.

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