Multiple Choice
The authors of Chapter 17 ("Applying Social Psychology to the Good Life") emphasize two theories regarding the processes underlying optimism and pessimism.Which is one of the theories?
A) Seligman's (2008) learned helplessness theory
B) Carver and Scheier's (2009) expectancy theory
C) Bandura's social learning theory
D) theory of planned behavior
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