According to Martin Seligman, people who exhibit _____ are more likely to _____.

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Martin Seligman found that people who exhibit an optimistic explanatory style are more likely to be healthier and persist despite setbacks. This is because they tend to use internal, stable, and global explanations for positive events and external, unstable, and specific explanations for negative events. On the other hand, people who exhibit a pessimistic explanatory style are more likely to experience the stress contagion effect, where they become more stressed due to negative events and are less likely to persist in the face of challenges.

According to Martin Seligman, People Who Exhibit _____ Are More