According to Norem and Cantor, someone who expects the worst, but is usually quite successful because their anxiety motivates preparation for an upcoming task, would be described as a (an)
A) optimistic pessimist.
B) pessimistic optimist.
C) defensive pessimist.
D) defensive optimist.
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