expectations - Concepts

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Concepts

Failure Rate - The proportion of attempts that result in failure, used to calibrate expectations and strategies.
Hedonic Adaptation - The tendency to return to baseline happiness levels despite major positive or negative changes.
Placebo Effect - A beneficial effect produced by a treatment or belief that cannot be attributed to the treatment itself, demonstrating that expectations and constructed meanings can produce real physiological and psychological outcomes.
Pygmalion Effect - Higher expectations lead to improved performance due to changed behavior toward those expected to succeed.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy - A prediction that causes itself to become true through the expectation's influence.
Under-Promise and Over-Deliver - Set conservative expectations and then exceed them to build trust and leave positive impressions.