Explanatory style is a habitual pattern of explaining successes and failures. People who have optimistic style typically attribute unfortunate events to:
A) internal, permanent factors
B) fate and something outside their control
C) external and situational factors
D) being dispositional and unchangeable

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People with optimistic explanatory style attribute unfortunate events to external and situational factors rather than internal and permanent factors or being dispositional and unchangeable.

Explanatory Style Is a Habitual Pattern of Explaining Successes and Failures