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(66) They imagine a different event from the one that actually occurs, nurture inaccurate theories about what gives them pleasure, (67) forget they might outwit misery, concentrate on salient negative events and ignore offsetting happier ones, (68) and misgauge the effect of physiological sensations like pain.

Educators with shared experience of watching poor-performing students miscalculate, misgauge, and misread their performance, despite all of the cues available to them, feel a natural interest in exploring how self-efficacy can be measured and how it relates to performance.

Deterrence can also fail through misperception, misunderstanding, and miscommunication between emerging missile states and the United States, a realistic concern because regional opponents often misgauge U.S.

And fifth, depending upon the presence and extent of correlation between the error terms in the two equations, the technique may misgauge the size of the market.

Even the best-intended Fed officials screw up; they misgauge the pace of economic growth or misunderstand what the money supply is doing.

The actual result for any particular community depends on a variety of factors including local planning attitudes, pricing of infrastructure and impact fees, and even developer mistakes where they misgauge the market.

Silly me, there's no escape from the careless shopper who misgauges the angle of reverse, scratches the rump of your car with their bumper, then scarpers before anyone can jot down their registration number.