Title: The Power of Optimistic Bias: Understanding Our Expectations and Impact on Health The optimistic bias is a cognitive bias that causes individuals to believe that they are less likely to experience negative events and more likely to experience positive events than others.

This assignment has a couple of parts that encompass how we see our expectations. First, read Chapter 2 of your textbook focusing on section 2.2 for this assignment.  Then, watch the following video.  
https://www.ted.com/talks/tali_sharot_the_optimism_bias?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare 
After watching the video and reading chapter 2:
Summarize, in your own words, the optimistic bias.  Make sure to use examples given in the video, textbook, and your own experience.
How do we use the information to relate things to ourselves?  
How can we use this to understand human interactions and our expectations? 
Finally, how impactful can this be to your health? 
Make sure to reference parts of chapter 2 on this assignment.  
Your assignment has a minimum 250-word count