Optimism Test

Optimism “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” That is a quote from Helen Keller who is the face of Optimism to a lot of people. Being the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, she shows that no matter what your disabilities in life are you can overcome the obstacles and do anything you want. Just like Helen Keller, I myself try to look at the bright side of every dark situation, or even every positive situation. In this class we were asked earlier in the semester to take an optimism class and we had a whole week of work based around this subject. You can find the optimism test we took at www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu. This page is Dr. Martin Seligman the founder of positive psychology’s page where you can take all types of positive psych test. Some of these test focus on positive emotions, strengths- based traits you may have, and other neat subjects. You are either an optimistic person or in some subjects you can be a pessimistic. Back to the Optimism test, the test taker is graded in 3 different areas Permanence, Pervasiveness, and personalization. Lets start with the permanence part of the test, either people have a permanent mindset or an optimistic mindset of this. People whose explanatory style is …show more content…
Its easy and there is a few things to think about when trying to think about things positively. If you check your thoughts daily, a few times a day think to yourself about what you have been thinking about during the day and if their negative think of a way to make the thoughts positive. Also, Identify areas to change in your life, take a negative part of your life maybe school or work and think about how you can change the negative areas into positive areas. Be open to smiling and laughing during difficult times because when you laugh at the hard times in your life sometimes you feel less