All of the following are examples of positive illusions described by Taylor and Brown, EXCEPT:
A) People's ratings of their own personalities are more positive than the evaluations of unbiased raters who observe them interacting with others.
B) People will explain events in terms of their own skill that could not possibly be due to skill.
C) People tend to view the future with unrealistic optimism.
D) People tend to view the failures of others as caused by internal forces.

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The other three options are all examples of positive illusions described by Taylor and Brown. Option A describes the positive illusion of self-enhancement, option B describes the positive illusion of control, and option C describes the positive illusion of unrealistic optimism. Option D, on the other hand, describes the negative illusion of blaming the victim, where people tend to view the failures of others as caused by internal forces rather than external circumstances.

All of the Following Are Examples of Positive Illusions Described