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Depressive realism
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<p>Depressive realism is the hypothesis developed by <a href="/facts/Lauren_Alloy/g4R5Dmxs">Lauren Alloy</a> and <a href="/facts/Lyn_Yvonne_Abramson/kGvRK54T">Lyn Yvonne Abramson</a> that <a href="/facts/Depression_(mood)/GDNFWm1L">depressed</a> individuals make more realistic inferences than non-depressed individuals. Although depressed individuals are thought to have a negative <a href="/facts/Cognitive_bias/49YKVhmN">cognitive bias</a> that results in recurrent, <a href="/facts/Automatic_Negative_Thoughts/YsNtcpdJ">negative automatic thoughts</a>, <a href="/facts/Adaptive_behavior/FlETPXN7">maladaptive behaviors</a>, and dysfunctional world beliefs, depressive realism argues not only that this negativity may reflect a more accurate appraisal of the world but also that non-depressed individuals' appraisals are positively biased. </p>