Article: The sociology of aphasia. (Editorial).

Twixt the optimist and pessimist

The difference is droll:

The optimist sees the doughnut

But the pessimist sees the hole.

McLandburgh Wilson, Optimist and Pessimist (Augarde, 1991)

Half empty? Half full? Doughnut? Hole? Perspective is a marvelous leveler. These days the concept of dispositional optimism is getting a great deal of play in the behavioral science literature as well as in the popular press. In a world tipped asunder with occult terrorism, territorial and religious conflict, zealotry, and improbability, the collective psyche has undergone some unprecedented transformation. It seems easy to become disenchanted. A ...

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