As previous studies showed that IT neurons decrease their response with repetition [3], such adaptation (or repetition suppression), instead of expectation suppression as assumed by the authors, could explain their effects.
But those expectations are already very low, and Mr. Dudley said the approach might merely create uncertainty about future inflation instead of lowering expectations further.
"We are surprised that Snow would choose to hand the Democratic presidential candidates this optimistic prediction, instead of managing expectations more conservatively," Jan Hatzius, a senior economist at Goldman Sachs, wrote in a note on Monday.
He demonstrated with scenarios that US military planning was based on 'wishful thinking' instead of 'reasonable expectations' (Bradfield et al., 2005).
So we'd shield ourselves, in this reflexive way, searching for ways to stubbornly help ourselves instead of that expectation of help from anyone else.
Instead of setting astronomical expectations for yourself and expecting to look completely different overnight, ease into changing your appearance.
After a lifetime of waiting to be Olympic champions, thousands of hours spent in the gym instead of socializing, and expectations that they would win gold, the American women could not beat the Romanians.
Instead of talking up expectations that Obama was going to do better, he said the president was short of town-hall debate experience, not having done any in the last four years whereas Romney had done 100.
So instead of setting your expectations too high (opera singer, astronaut, Olympic athlete), lower them a little.
Another tip Gandy offers is to focus on learning how to be a great date instead of having burdening expectations, analyzing whether or not the guy is showing you a good time or getting check-offs on your internal Requirements List.
