What is selective optimization with compensation? Provide three examples of this notion

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary, but students should demonstrate an understanding of the
concept.

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Which of the following is the best example of the behavioral component of an attitude?

a) Bea feels recycling is a great concept. b) Bob is upset when he hears a corporation plans to build a polluting plant near his home. c) Bill struggles to understand the arguments of both sides present in a debate over a new manufacturing plant. d) Betty writes a letter to her senator asking for support of a law making corporations responsible for the pollution they cause.

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Which of the following statements would a person who propagates the behavioral view of attachment most likely support?

A) Infants associate their caregivers with gratification and learn to approach them to meet their needs. B) A caregiver becomes not just a reinforcer but also a love object who forms the basis for all later attachments. C) Infants become emotionally attached to their mothers during the first year because they share genetic similarities. D) If caregivers are to be missed when absent, infants must perceive that they continue to exist.

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The psychoanalytic paradigm rests upon the assumption that psychopathology is the result of:

a) Incomplete superego development b) Unconscious conflicts c) Ego defense mechanisms d) Overcontrol of the pleasure principle

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Which strategy helps minority adolescents resolve identity conflicts constructively?

A) Foster ethnic pride and encourage separation from other ethnic groups. B) Discourageexploration of minorityvalues. C) Ensure that schools respect minority youths’ native languages. D) Discourage adoption of values from the dominant culture.

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