The Textbook Presents Research Results That Indicated All of the Following

question 26

Multiple Choice

The textbook presents research results that indicated all of the following

• A) College students with a pessimistic explanatory style performed worse in their first year in college than those with an optimistic style.
• B) Students with optimistic explanatory style show greater motivation and persist longer in the face of adversity.
• C) Students with an optimistic explanatory style the summer before law school achieved a higher GPA and greater success working on their school's law journal that those with a pessimistic style.
• D) Students with a pessimistic explanatory style tend to give up after academic frustrations.

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