Why does one person act in the face of uncertainty or fear while others are passive?  Research has been done to determine why some people appear to be “immune” to learned helplessness.  The answer was found in the concept of Explanatory style.   Explanatory style is how you perceive the world and the events around you.  Formally it is defined as “a psychological attribute that indicates how people explain to themselves why they experience a particular event, either positive or negative. Read the rest of this entry »