Optimism helps females achieve higher grades - males score lower when overconfident: study
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 10:31
in Psychology & Sociology
Female students who were more optimistic achieved significantly higher grades than their less optimistic peers, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers. For male students, however, too much optimism led to overconfidence and less studying, resulting in lower grades.