Matlin, Margaret W. The Pollyanna principle : selectivity in language, memory, and thought / by Margaret W. Matlin and David J. Stang. - Cambridge, Mass. : Schenkman Pub. Co., c1978. - xi, 226 p. ; 21 cm. Includes bibliography and indexes. ISBN: 0870738178 (pbk.) Subjects--Topical Terms: Optimism.Selectivity (Psychology) Dewey Class. No.: 152.4