An acquaintance is a gloomy, pessimistic kind of individual. He's no fun to be around. When something goes wrong in his life, he is most likely to attribute it to ________ causes.

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B) Internal, stable, and global explanations for negative events are characteristic of a pessimistic attributional style. This means the individual believes that the causes of bad events are due to their own flaws (internal), unlikely to change (stable), and will affect many areas of their life (global).  The pessimistic attributional style focuses on the causes of failure as internally generated. The bad situation and the individual's role in causing it are seen as stable and global.

An Acquaintance Is a Gloomy, Pessimistic Kind of Individual