Heather has an optimistic explanatory style. What is a component of this explanatory style?

a. believing bad events are specific
b. believing bad events are stable
c. believing bad events are global
d. believing bad events are internal


Answer: A: believing bad events are specific

Psychology

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B. the baby boom reaching older adulthood
C. AIDS in the developing world
D. medical advances

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Stanley broke up with his boyfriend Chris. Chris is smart, talented, and funny, but has bad body odor. Sharon decides that Stanley broke up with Chris because of the smell. Sharon is relying on what to make this assumption?

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