B2 – Upper Intermediate
Have you ever noticed that whenever you do something, you tend to focus a lot more on the negative things?
Although this is useful in helping us solve problems, it can also be a burden.
As an example, if you got a new shirt and wore it, if one person were to say something bad about it, you would probably focus more on that negative instead of the positive feedback.
This is called the negativity bias, but why does it happen? And what is the extent of this bias?
To find out more, let’s watch this video.
Discussion Questions:
- How has negativity bias affected your life?
- What are other ways to lessen the effects of negativity bias?
- What do you think of negativity bias? Is it mostly good or is it mostly bad?