The results, for families in one of the most deprived boroughs in the country – where children have an above average likelihood of mental health problems – are being described as "inspirational".

对于那些来自英国最贫困市镇之一的家庭——他们的孩子有心理健康问题的可能性在平均水平之上——该计划的结果被描述为“鼓舞人心的”。

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For example if they had predicted that their likelihood of being robbed was 30%, but the average likelihood was actually 20%, they might adjust their estimate to 22%.

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If the information was worse than expected, then they tended to adjust their estimate much less (if the average likelihood was really 40%, and they estimated 10%, they might adjust to only 15%), which suggests that they were largely ignoring the new information.

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