This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer
« previous next »

Author Question: Optimism can be seen as a type of explanatory style. What is meant by this? What will be an ideal ... (Read 26 times)

fox

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 540
on: Jun 22, 2018
Optimism can be seen as a type of explanatory style. What is meant by this?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What is dispositional optimism?
 
  What will be an ideal response?


Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

coyin

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 334
Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

What we refer to as optimism can alternatively be seen as a type of explanatory style or way in which people make causal inferences about why things happen to them. Optimists tend to see bad events as temporary, specific to the situation, and caused by external factors (e.g. We can chalk this one up to bad luck in this situation, but most of the time things go well.), whereas pessimists show the opposite pattern of seeing bad events as more enduring (e.g., This problem is never going to go away), global (e.g., This always seems to happen to me.), and caused by internal factors (e.g., If I were smarter this wouldn't have happened to me.

Answer to Question 2

As defined by leading experts in the area, Charles Carver, Michael Scheier, and their associates, optimists are people who expect good things to happen; pessimists are people who expect bad things to happen. Dispositional optimism is an enduring tendency to have global expectations of positive outcomes.


fox

  • Member
  • Posts: 540
Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

rachel

  • Member
  • Posts: 323
Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

« previous next »
 

Did you know?

The senior population grows every year. Seniors older than 65 years of age now comprise more than 13% of the total population. However, women outlive men. In the 85-and-over age group, there are only 45 men to every 100 women.

Did you know?

Despite claims by manufacturers, the supplement known as Ginkgo biloba was shown in a study of more than 3,000 participants to be ineffective in reducing development of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in older people.

Did you know?

Persons who overdose with cardiac glycosides have a better chance of overall survival if they can survive the first 24 hours after the overdose.

Did you know?

Though “Krazy Glue” or “Super Glue” has the ability to seal small wounds, it is not recommended for this purpose since it contains many substances that should not enter the body through the skin, and may be harmful.

Did you know?

Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.

Phenotypic ratios in progeny reveal the type of cross Phenotypic ratios in progeny reveal the type of cross
Geoffroy's tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi), also known as the Panamanian, red-crested or rufous-na Geoffroy's tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi), also known as the Panamanian, red-crested or rufous-na
Examples of four letter formats: (A) block style, (B) modified block style, (C) modified block style ... Examples of four letter formats: (A) block style, (B) modified block style, (C) modified block style ...
Uticaria, a skin rash caused by type I hypersensitivity. Uticaria, a skin rash caused by type I hypersensitivity.
The types of topological interconversions catalyzed by type II topoisomerases The types of topological interconversions catalyzed by type II topoisomerases
A GWAS study for Type 2 diabetes revealed 386,371 genetic markers, clustered here by chromosome numb A GWAS study for Type 2 diabetes revealed 386,371 genetic markers, clustered here by chromosome numb
Video: Morphology of a tomato plant

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library