Which of the following statements is true about optimism?
A. It refers to a sense of behavioral control that originates from outside an individual.
B. It refers to a personality trait in which people identify the causes of bad events as internal, stable, and global.
C. It is a personality trait that individuals are born with, and it cannot be learned or cultivated.
D. It is the expectancy that good things are more likely and that bad things are less likely to occur in the future.
Answer: D
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