According to Seligman,optimists tend to give credit to themselves for good events and blame others or external causes for bad events.

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This statement is consistent with Seligman's definition of optimism, which includes the attribution style of explaining good events as being due to internal, stable, and global factors (such as personal ability, effort, or character) and bad events as being due to external, unstable, and specific factors (such as circumstances or other people's actions). This contrast with the attribution style of pessimists, who tend to explain good events as being due to external, unstable, and specific factors, and bad events as being due to internal, stable, and global factors.

According to Seligman,optimists Tend to Give Credit to Themselves for Good