According to Seligman's model, people who are depressed tend to attribute negative events to _________ causes and positive events to ________ causes.

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Seligman's model suggests that individuals who are depressed tend to have a pessimistic explanatory style, which often involves attributing negative events to internal, stable, and global causes (such as "I'm a failure" or "Everything always goes wrong"), while attributing positive events to external, unstable, and specific causes (such as "I just got lucky" or "It was just a fluke"). Therefore, the best choice would be B, as it reflects this pattern of internal versus external attributions.

According to Seligman's Model, People Who Are Depressed Tend to Attribute