Pollyanna principle Pollyanna principle The Pollyanna principle (also called Pollyannaism or positivity bias) is the tendency for people to remember pleasant items more accurately than unpleasant ones. Research indicates that at the subconscious level, the mind has a tendency to focus on the optimistic; while at the conscious level, it has a tendency to focus on the negative. This subconscious bias towards the positive is often described as the Pollyanna principle and is similar to the Forer effect. The name derives from the 1913 novel "Pollyanna" by Eleanor H. Porter describing a girl who plays the "glad game"—trying to find something to
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine of the "moral education of her heroine" and "an uncommonly intelligent and sympathetic novel" Sarah Gilmartin of "The Irish Times" called the title character "one of the most unusual and thought-provoking heroines of recent contemporary fiction". In May 2017 the film rights were optioned by Reese Witherspoon's company Hello Sunshine. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is the 2017 debut novel of Gail Honeyman, and the winner of the 2018 Costa Debut Novel Award. It deals with themes of isolation and loneliness. Eleanor Oliphant, the novel's protagonist and narrator, lives in Glasgow and works as a