Editing Future (section)

==In psychology==
[[Human behavior]] is known to encompass anticipation of the future. Anticipatory behavior can be the result of a psychological outlook toward the future, for examples [[optimism]], [[pessimism]], and [[hope]].

Optimism is an outlook on life such that one maintains a view of the world as a positive place. People would say that optimism is [[Is the glass half empty or half full?|seeing the glass "half full" of water as opposed to half empty]]. It is the philosophical opposite of pessimism. Optimists generally believe that people and events are inherently good, so that most situations work out in the end for the best. Hope is a belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one's life. Hope implies a certain amount of despair, wanting, wishing, suffering or perseverance—i.e., believing that a better or positive outcome is possible even when there is some evidence to the contrary. "Hopefulness" is somewhat different from optimism in that hope is an emotional state, whereas some theories point to optimism as a conclusion reached through a deliberate thought pattern that leads to a positive personal attitudes and by extension is linked to more [[Philanthropy|philanthropic]] behaviours.  

[[Pessimism]] as stated before is the opposite of optimism. It is the tendency to see, anticipate, or emphasize only bad or undesirable outcomes, results, or problems. The word originates in Latin from Pessimus meaning worst and Malus meaning bad and has a link to [[Misanthropy|misanthropic]] belief systems.