F-Bombs Notwithstanding, All Languages Skew Toward Happiness

Monday, February 9, 2015 - 20:30 in Psychology & Sociology

In 1969, two psychologists at the University of Illinois proposed what they called the Pollyanna Hypothesis—the idea that there is a universal human tendency to use positive words more frequently […]

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