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explanatory style
noun
The automatic, natural, habitual way the a person explains events.
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Seligman called these differences our explanatory style.
Two systems are in widespread use; one measures dispositional optimism, the other explanatory style.
Explanatory style is based on how a person explains good or bad news.
Research investigating the relationship between attributional style and performance has documented the effects of a negative explanatory style in a variety of settings.
And the more people adopt this explanatory style of looking at things as less personal, pervasive, and permanent, the more they're better at sales.
However, the literature on the nature of a negative explanatory style and academic performance has not shown such a consistent pattern.
Similar(23)
Similar work has been done with explanatory styles — the techniques we use to explain events.
There seems no reason why psychiatric research could not aim to be pluralist about explanation and combine elements drawn from all these explanatory styles as we learn more about what works when we try to figure out mental illness.
People who suffer from severe depression, psychologist Martin Seligman found, do so less as a result of particular unpleasant experiences than because of their "explanatory style --the style --thetell themstyle --thet how the world workstory
The ability to manage and master their explanatory styles post situations, both personal and professional.
In sum, students learn about: (1) The link between situations, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, 2) cognitive biases, including pessimistic versus optimistic explanatory styles, 3) cognitive restructuring skills, and 4) students learn a variety of techniques for coping and problem-solving, including assertiveness, negotiation, decision making, and relaxation.
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