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In the case of uncertainty
Uncertainty

Uncertainty is a term used in subtly different ways in a number of fields, including philosophy, Uncertainty_principle , statistics, economics, finance, insurance, psychology, sociology, engineering, and information science....
, expectation is what is considered the most likely to happen. An expectation, which is a belief
Belief

Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true....
 that is centred on the future
Future

The future is a time period commonly understood to contain all events that have yet to occur. It is the opposite of the past, and is the time after the present....
, may or may not be realistic. A less advantageous result gives rise to the emotion
Emotion

An emotion is a mental and physiological state associated with a wide variety of feelings, thoughts, and behavior.Emotions are subjective experiences, or experienced from an individual point of view....
 of disappointment
Disappointment

Disappointment is the feeling of dissatisfaction that follows the failure of expectations to manifest. Similar to regret , it differs in that the individual feeling regret focuses primarily on personal choices contributing to a poor outcome, while the individual feeling disappointment focuses on outcome....
. If something happens that is not at all expected it is a surprise
Surprise

Surprise may refer to:...
. An expectation about the behavior or performance of another person, expressed to that person, may have the nature of a strong request, or an order.

i>Emotion and Adaptation (Oxford University Press, 1991), Richard Lazarus asserts that people become accustomed to positive or negative life experiences which lead to favorable or unfavorable expectations with regard to present and near-future circumstances.






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In the case of uncertainty
Uncertainty

Uncertainty is a term used in subtly different ways in a number of fields, including philosophy, Uncertainty_principle , statistics, economics, finance, insurance, psychology, sociology, engineering, and information science....
, expectation is what is considered the most likely to happen. An expectation, which is a belief
Belief

Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true....
 that is centred on the future
Future

The future is a time period commonly understood to contain all events that have yet to occur. It is the opposite of the past, and is the time after the present....
, may or may not be realistic. A less advantageous result gives rise to the emotion
Emotion

An emotion is a mental and physiological state associated with a wide variety of feelings, thoughts, and behavior.Emotions are subjective experiences, or experienced from an individual point of view....
 of disappointment
Disappointment

Disappointment is the feeling of dissatisfaction that follows the failure of expectations to manifest. Similar to regret , it differs in that the individual feeling regret focuses primarily on personal choices contributing to a poor outcome, while the individual feeling disappointment focuses on outcome....
. If something happens that is not at all expected it is a surprise
Surprise

Surprise may refer to:...
. An expectation about the behavior or performance of another person, expressed to that person, may have the nature of a strong request, or an order.

Emotion and Adaptation

In Emotion and Adaptation (Oxford University Press, 1991), Richard Lazarus asserts that people become accustomed to positive or negative life experiences which lead to favorable or unfavorable expectations with regard to present and near-future circumstances. Lazarus notes the widely accepted, philosophical principle that "happiness depends on the background psychological status of the person -- that is, the overall pattern of expectations and existential mood -- and cannot be well predicted without reference to" one's expectations [italics mine].

Also with regard to happiness or unhappiness, Lazarus notes that "people whose objective conditions of life are those of hardship and deprivation often make a positive assessment of their well-being," while "people who are objectively well off... often make a negative assessment of their well-being." Lazarus argues that "the most sensible explanation of this apparent paradox is that people... develop favorable or unfavorable expectations" that guide such assessments.

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