What is dispositional optimism?
What will be an ideal response?
As defined by leading experts in the area, Charles Carver, Michael Scheier, and their associates, "optimists are people who expect good things to happen; pessimists are people who expect bad things to happen." Dispositional optimism is an enduring tendency to have global expectations of positive outcomes.
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Hospital) when my cat is bad I say, "No!" and squirt him with water. He responds to the squirt of water by shaking his head. I recently came home from work and found him sprawled out on the dining room table. I couldn't find the squirt bottle, but I said, "No!" He immediately shook his head. The response of shaking his head to the word "no!" is a/an (a) UCS (b) UCR (c) CS (d) CR