The Psychology of Expectations First, merely expecting something to happen will not make it happen Developmental psychologist Jean Piaget noted that young children have difficulty distinguishing between the subjective worlds
EXPECTATION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary expectations for What are your expectations for this job? expectations of I think she had unrealistic expectations of motherhood beyond someone's expectations We did so well - beyond all (= better than) our expectations
expectation - Oxford Learners Dictionaries Definition of expectation noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [uncountable, countable] a belief that something will happen because it is likely expectation of something We are confident in our expectation of a full recovery We certainly had a reasonable expectation of success expectation that…
What are expectations? The psychological meaning no one tells you about Expectations are personal beliefs about events that may or may not happen They are assumptions about the future, anticipations based on subjective and objective aspects In fact, expectations develop from a complex combination of our experiences, desires, and knowledge of the environment or the people around us