The Age Old Deba Between Optimism and Pessimism

Whether you're a sunny optimist or a gloomy pessimist may be determined more by your birthplace and your age than your attitude. Sam psychologists define optimism as an attitude which overestimates the chances of good things happening to you, while underestimating the chances of bad things occurring. So what proportion of the british population do you think describe themselves as optimistic? Is it a, 20 %? B, 50% or c, 80%. Casan will find out if your optimistic answer is the correct one later in the programme.