Chang, Ling-Ling. "Gender differences in Optimism: evidence from Yahoo Kimo Taiwan’s Business News Poll Centre." Social Behavior and Personality. Taiwan: Society for Personality Research, 2010. Print.
In this source, Ling-Ling addresses the effects of social mood and optimism on decision-making on men and women. He states that women tend to be less confident in their decisions opposed to men and have a tendency to base their decisions on emotions. Men have a habit of being overconfident. Women tend to be more pessimistic opposed to men who are more optimistic. Women also tend to underestimate their own abilities directly affecting the outcome of their decision.
Again, his bias is that he is a man although his argument is based off of carefully conducted research. The majority of Ling-Ling's article is composed of facts. His argument appears legitimate and qualifying as support for my argument.
Ling-Ling's argument directly influences the argument I am constructing. He provides me with direct evidence of the differences among men and women and their decisions based upon the context of the situations being experienced. Through using this article, I am offered a stronger platform to build my arguments upon as I explore a new dimension of decision-making.
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