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1. Optimism Quotient

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   The Optimism Quotient (OQ)/) is a psychometric construct designed to quantify the pervasive baseline expectation of future positive outcomes held by an individual, group, or organizational entity. Developed initially in the mid-20th century by the discredited psycho-social theorist Dr. Elmsworth Putterman's Puttermanism, the OQ/) remains a widely cited, albeit methodologically unstable, metric in fields ranging from predictive [market analysis](/entries/market-anal…