What Does the Life Orientation Test (LOT) Measure

question 40

Multiple Choice

What does The Life Orientation Test (LOT) measure?

• A) Optimism as defined by Seligman
• B) Optimism as defined by Snyder
• C) Optimism as defined to Carver and Scheier
• D) Optimism as defined by Diener

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