Ada was just laid off from her job. If she has a pessimistic explanatory style, which of the following is she most likely to tell someone?
A) "It was all my stupid boss's fault!"
B) "I'm better off without that job."
C) "It's all my fault and I won't be able to find another job."
D) "I don't know why they would fire me."

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A pessimistic explanatory style tends to attribute negative events to stable and internal factors, such as personal fault or chance, rather than external factors. Option C reflects this by blaming herself and assuming that finding a new job will be difficult.

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