Question

A research group in Arizona recently conducted a survey among workers of a coal power plant to understand emotions and their happiness quotient. Employees at the plant often complained about poor working conditions and low insurance benefits. However, the group was surprised with the findings of the survey because employees had a positive mood 70 percent of the time during work hours. Which of the following concepts would best explain such findings?
A) butterfly effectB) framing effectC) anchoring biasD) distinction biasE) positivity offset

Answer 1

Answer: Positivity effect

Explanation: In simple words, positivity effect refers to the situation when someone gets unexpected results from a research or analysis but the results stills happens to be positive and useful for future reference.

In the given case, the research group were expecting a negative review from the coal workers due to their continuous complaints about low pay and benefits. However the results came to be completely different as the workers were happy most of the time.

Hence the correct option is E.