Sara has an assertive personality, which helps her negotiate many outcomes. However, her default tendency is to act in the extreme, where assertiveness becomes overbearing, rude, obnoxious bullying. What does Sara need to strive for in her
self-understanding?
a) a healthy balance among her personality traits
b) seeking professional psychological help
c) gathering diagnostic feedback from others
d) limiting her social interactions with others
Answer: a
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Which of the following statements concerning maternal and paternal influences is FALSE?
a. The different parenting styles of fathers and mothers have a major impact on children's gender role development. b. Mothers pay more visual attention to their children and are more tactile in interacting with their children than fathers are. c. Although fathers are spending more time with their children, mothers still do most of the nurturing and caretaking, especially of young children. d. Young children who spend a lot of time playing with their fathers tend to be more competent in many ways than those who do not.
Which of the following is one of the four types of conflicts?
a. approach-approach b. frustration-aggression c. regression-suppression d. displacement-sublimation
Amy's parents often spanked her for her misbehavior during her youth. When Amy
becomes a parent, she a. is not very likely to spank her children for their misdeeds. b. is more likely to spank her children for their misdeeds. c. will occasionally use spankings as well as other forms of physical punishment as responses to her children's misdeeds. d. is likely to rely on her husband to mete out the punishment for her children's misdeeds. e. is unlikely to use any form of physical punishment.
You show 6-month-old Zachary many pictures of two objects. At first he looks at each picture for several seconds, but after several are shown he just glances at each briefly then looks away. Then you show him a picture of three objects
What would you expect him to do? a. Look at the picture briefly then look away, because to him it looks just like a picture with two objects. b. Look at the picture with renewed interest for several seconds, because he will recognize that three objects are different from two objects. c. Look at the picture and say, "1, 2, 3." d. Start crying and refuse to look at the picture because it is unfamiliar.