Darnel had an argument with his girfriend and she got really angry with him. After she left to go home, he kept thinking "Everyone is always angry at me for doing something!". This is an example of what kind of explanatory style: __________

Respuesta :

Darnel’s way of thinking, i.e. “Everyone is always angry at me for doing something!", is a:

“Pessimistic explanatory style”.

Explanation:

Explanatory style is a characteristic of a person which shows how they introspect and explain to themselves how and why certain circumstances keep recurring in their lives.

The thought process of Darnel depicts that he is taking things personally, believing that people get angry at him due to his actions.

This kind of explanatory style, people tend to think that it is their fault that things are happening in a certain way and that it happens all the time, hence it is kind of global in their lives.

Thus showing a pessimistic explanatory style