Although Ida is mostly self-reliant, she does not often resist her son's unnecessary help. Ida probably feels that

A) compliance is easier than resistance.
B) her son's help brings about social contact.
C) her son expects her to exhibit passive behaviors.
D) she is not as capable as she really is.


B

Psychology

You might also like to view...

According to the early psychologist William James, consciousness can best be described as

a. the collection of chopped-up bits of mental experience. b. a fixed state of mental contents. c. a stream of thoughts. d. our perception of objects in our visual field. e. the difference between our thoughts and our experiences of the world.

Psychology

Which personality trait contrasts kindness, trust, and warmth with hostility, selfishness, and distrust?

A. extraversion B. neuroticism C. conscientiousness D. agreeableness

Psychology

Beverly has been diagnosed with Korsakoff’s psychosis. This has likely been caused by ____, which depletes the medial dorsal thalamus of ____

a. ?a cerebrovascular accident; thiamine b. ?a cerebrovascular accident; norepinephrine c. ?alcoholism; thiamine d. ?alcoholism; norepinephrine

Psychology

The frontal lobe, temporal lobe, parietal lobe, and the occipital lobe make up:

a. cerebral cortex. b. diencephalon. c. parietal. d. prefrontal.

Psychology