A Pessimistic Explanatory Style Involves Accounting for Negative Events or Situations

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A pessimistic explanatory style involves accounting for negative events or situations with internal, stable, and global explanations.

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Parsons

Refers to Talcott Parsons, an American sociologist known for his contributions to social theory and the development of the structural functionalism approach.

Frankl

Viktor Frankl, an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist as well as a Holocaust survivor, who founded logotherapy, a form of existential analysis.

Thurstone

Refers to Louis Leon Thurstone, an American psychologist who contributed to psychometrics and is known for his work on factor analysis and the theory of intelligence.

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