Optimism vs Pessimism

Choose what a person with an OPTIMISTIC way of thinking most likely to say.

The negative incident is the result of

• Your lack of ability

• External factors like behavior or obstacles

Choose what a person with an OPTIMISTIC way of thinking most likely to say.

The negative incident makes me feel

• More negative things like this will happen to me

• This event doesn't mean it needs to keep happening

Choose what a person with an OPTIMISTIC way of thinking most likely to say.

The negative incident means that

• This is a temporary setback and it is normal to have obstacles

• More bad things are coming to me and my life is too hard for me to handle

Choose what a person with an PESSIMISTIC way of thinking most likely to say.

The positive event happened

• because I got lucky and I just happened to get a good result

• due to external factors like good choices and support

Choose what a person with an PESSIMISTIC way of thinking most likely to say.

The positive event implies that

• After a good thing, a bad thing will probably come next

• I should keep doing what I did to make this good thing happen

Choose what a person with an PESSIMISTIC way of thinking most likely to say.

A positive result proves that

• I have the power to be successful

• This must have been an easy task