What is functional autonomy? Find an example of preservative functional autonomy in the case.
What will be an ideal response?
Functional autonomy occurs when a behavior continues even after the original motivation for it is removed. In other words, there is a change in motivation, sometimes from something extrinsic to something intrinsic. An example of this is Monica’s trying out roller coasters because her children wanted to, but now she likes roller coasters so much she would go on them even without her children. This is preservative functional autonomy because riding roller coasters is probably not a core feature of Monica’s proprium.
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a. internal attributions; external attributions b. external attributions; internal attributions c. stable attributions; unstable attributions d. unstable attributions; stable attributions
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false