What Does the Characteristic of Optimism Offer in Emotional Intelligence

question 101

Multiple Choice

What does the characteristic of optimism offer in emotional intelligence?

• A) Optimists explain failure by attributing it to something that they might be able to change and be successful.
• B) Optimism and pessimism are similar traits, but optimism makes us more emotional.
• C) Pessimists, more so then optimists, are able to take responsibility for failure and make changes to themselves.
• D) Optimists are realists: they know that little will go right in life.

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