It's not just that people choose positive rather
than negative words when they talk, but there may simply be fewer negative words to choose from.
Not exact matches
It turns out, lost deals actually have a 12.8 percent higher sentiment score (in other
words, the buyer uses more positive and less
negative language, generating an overall higher «score)
than closed - won deals, across all calls that span the sales cycle.
If this happens, always consider delaying the conversation rather
than allowing impulsive reactions to cloud your judgment or have a
negative impact on your
words and behavior.
More often
than not,
negative experiences spark off more
word - of - mouth action
than positive ones.
The YouGov BrandIndex universe of more
than 1,100 brands was measured with the company's Buzz score, which asks respondents «If you've heard anything about the brand in the last two weeks, through advertising, news or
word of mouth, was it positive or
negative?»
... When people in their status updates use more positive
words — or fewer
negative words — then that day as a whole is counted as happier
than usual.»
The idea that a
negative has a stronger impact
than a positive has been established in fields like finance (losses have more of an impact
than gains), psychology (people remember bad experiences more
than good ones), and linguistics (we pay more attention to
negative words than positive or neutral ones).
Although by
word volume this will seem more
negative than my heart truly is, but as so many others more eloquently share, encourage and minister to Julie better
than I ever could, I will leave the great 500 posts on this thread supporting Julie to speak for themselves.
«Uniqueness» lacks the essential reference to time; «unrepeatability» bears a
negative rather
than a positive weight; «onceness» is strange, whereas Einmaligkeit is both a familiar
word in German philosophy and also carries a connotation of positive worth.
It was Weaver's rather
than Shannon's interpretation which became fashionable, and the new
word «negentropy» was invented to mean «quantity of information or
negative entropy.»
@ Mosihasteen i bet you hundred million go study the quran man and find every
negative thing in quran you can possibly can do some more study with your byest mind and then gather all that nd then search it up y did god said those things in quran tell you what i do nt have hundred million but i have my fath which is more worth
than that if every
negative thing in quran u find and you actully study further you will find y it is said by god and what is the reason and how it is possitive and i give you my
word if you find 1 mistake or error in quran i will convert to what ever you follow man there you go wana take the challenge
I'm not defending his sulking but trust me if Gerrard, Suarez, Messi and Ronaldo were here they'll all be left frustrated.They will have to encourage the Arsenal players more
than hundred times in one match.The big question remains if our players ever listen?I've seen many matches where Sanchez has urged and encourage our players to show more fight.He's done this a lot through his actions and
words too.I'm remember when he came here and was tracking back, showing fight to win the ball and all that it made many of our players copy the same thing.We even confessed that Sanchez is having a positive impact in our team due to his efforts.Now becausehe wants to leavexpeople are speaking only about his
negative side.I remember many people here saying they wouldn't bother and be angry if Sanchez wants to leave because our players show no fight.Didn't we say this here?Peopleare not giving him the credit he deserves.
I honestly don't see why you're so strongly opposed to the idea that forced immobility is an intervention; perhaps you have a more
negative view of the
word intervention
than it merits.
It's not exactly clear what's behind the trend of more parents moving away from corporal punishment — it could be a result of doctors and other child health and welfare experts spreading the
word about extensive and well - researched evidence showing a clear link between corporal punishment and
negative outcomes for kids, or it could be that this form of punishing kids is less socially acceptable
than it used to be, or a combination of both factors.
Expressing
negative feelings is easier
than expressing positive ones, so next time you're about to pass off a not - very - nice comment, think twice — it will be stored in your child's head for a long time, she will «replay» your
words to herself over and over again, because they matter to her, even if she won't admit it — is it really necessary?
These
words definitely get attention, and as Wight points out, «for some children,
negative attention is better
than no attention at all.»
I didn't want to kick off The Spork Report on such a
negative note, but that photo conveyed better
than any
words my longstanding concern about some of the foods sold by HISD to our kids.
Lately we've been battling a certain 2 year old's use of the phrase «stupid dummy» and I'd much rather be celebrating positive behavior and kind
words than constantly reminding her that we don't use those
negative mean
words.
And when they were asked to give a one -
word description of Trump, Republicans more often cited
negative than positive assessments.
«It's sad and unfortunate that Dan Liedka has once again decided to go back on his
word and take his dead - end Senate campaign in a
negative direction, rather
than talk about the need to win back this seat from the New York City Democrats,» Russo said.
«People often use the
word «you» rather
than «I» to cope with
negative experiences.»
To cope with
negative experiences or to share an insight, people often use the
word «you» rather
than «I.»
In other
words, in the context of nearly continuous
negative attention, the University has not persuaded its critics (from within and outside the University) that it is interested in more
than protecting its reputation and that it is instead open to feedback, able to acknowledge its errors, and will take responsibility for deficiencies and their consequences.»
People who follow the Republican Party on Twitter were somewhat more likely to use emotionally
negative words than were followers of the Democratic Party.
«There is the implication that you are strengthening some factors, rather
than inbreeding, which is a more
negative word.»
In other
words, if the number of city denizens doubles, these factors — both
negative (crime) and positive (wealth creation, total wages and gross domestic product)-- will more
than double.
The results revealed that blog posts from individuals who were terminally ill included considerably more positive emotion
words and fewer
negative emotion
words than did those written by participants who simply imagined they were dying.
Again, they found that the
words of those who were actually close to death were less
negative and more positive in emotional tone
than the
words of those who were not close to death.
People generally used more positive and reward - oriented
words than negative and risk - oriented ones to describe their expected reactions.
In one research study, a sample of undergraduate students who were physically manipulated (unbeknownst to them) to walk with a «depressed» style (slumped shoulders) recalled more emotionally
negative words than a group who walked with a «happy» style (upright and bouncy gait).
The American Bar Association asked its readers what it was like to date as a lawyer, and the responses were resoundingly
negative: people being left mid-date after dropping the «L -
word» or being introduced as their title rather
than their name.
A surprising result was that liars produced fewer, rather
than more,
negative emotion
words.
I'll leave out any
negative reviews, because I'd rather focus on the mainly positive responses I had to this year's selections (in other
words, I did see more films
than the ones listed below).
In other
words, any
negative effects of being with lower - achieving peers were more
than offset in tracked settings by the benefit of the teacher being able to better tailor instruction to students» needs.
In other
words, even though the average charter has a zero or
negative impact on test scores, there are more charters with very large positive or very large
negative test - score impacts
than there are traditional public schools with such extreme outcomes.
«We conclude that the overall fiscal impact on districts will be
negative; in other
words, the overall additional variable costs incurred by the districts will be greater
than the overall additional funding provided to the districts,» they said.
For me, stickler for proper
word use that I am, it's about the misappropriation of terminology (seriously, if you don't own your ISBN number and have granted rights to someone else, you are no more — and no less — independent
than a commercially - published author) and the use of euphemisms — trying to escape the
negative implications of something by calling it something else.
It's more
than a few
negative words and comments.
You are «insolvent» if you owe more
than you own — in other
words, if you have a
negative net worth.
We do use
negative reinforcement when a dog knows it's» job and chooses not to, but this is no more
than a verbal
word or moving the dog back to its original spot.
In other
words, if crunch works, it should provide a «lift,» and for projects that involved more crunch, we should see a positive error term (that is, game projects that crunched should have turned out better
than the crunch - free model predicts), while for projects that involved little or no crunch, we should see a
negative error term.
During the writing of this review Codemaster's actually changed the game's Steam description after a torrent of
negative reviews from customers who felt cheated, pointing out that while it was never said directly everything on the Steam page was
worded to make potential customers think it was a HD remake of the original CMR 2.0, rather
than a port of a mobile game that was only loosely based upon the Colin McRae series.
How was ExxonMobil Talking about Low - Carbon Renewable Energy Options The company's 2013 10 - K report says this about renewable energy, referring to it as «alternative energy» that has more
negative connotations in the energy business world
than does the
word «renewable»:
Anion An anion from the Greek
word???, meaning «up», is an ion with more electrons
than protons, giving it a net
negative charge (since electrons are negatively charged and protons are positively charged)» The opposite is a cation.
A
negative feedback larger
than the original would be impossible in a (simple) electrical circuit, but the climate is an extremely complex non-linear system, and any time the
word «feedback» is used, it's only a vague and defective analogy to the referent in electrical circuits etc..
So, lolwot, all your
words provide NO EVIDENCE that the added CO2 from human emissions COULD (or will) be catastrophic or even have a
negative, rather
than a positive net overall impact.
Unfortunately they are affected as the amygdala's response is to imprint behaviours on the brain such that anytime in the future that person undergoes any stress that releases adrenalin the response is the same: fight or flight, more often
than not resulting in aggressive, violent (be it in
word or action), abusive, loopy or otherwise inappropriate behaviour — this manifests in the personality as a type of narcissism, most commonly expressed as blaming others for one's own (
negative) feelings, or of feeling superior.
Let's start a count of
negative words and images about lawyers in this article: «greedy,» «over-aggressive,» «manipulators» — each receiving higher billing and more attention
than the nice
words later in the sentence.
While the
word whiplash often carries a
negative or less -
than - real connotation, the injury can be serious, especially when the whipping motion causes damage to the bones or discs in the spine or tissues in the neck.
And where better to see that plethora (a
negative word, note)
than at the supermarket.