I didn't know about the quiz, but read the book some years ago. My favorite social worker from of the times my son was assessed for inpatient, recommended it to me. I found the studies very interesting. I'm still stuck in the learned helplessness...

There is some usefulness in being a pessimist, like they're more logical, more prepared for the falls sometimes.

But the main idea in Learned Optimism is for people who've become stuck in the learned helplessness. those of us who've stopped trying to reach for anything better, we fall into believing there's no way for life to get better, like the dogs in the study who sat there hungry even when the gate to the food was unlocked, because of how many times they attempted to reach the food and the gate was locked. It's true for humans too, we can get so sad & stuck that we give up trying to find any solution.