Carlos Is a Freshman at the Local College

question 31

Multiple Choice

Carlos is a freshman at the local college. As a student, he is feeling pressure. He wants to party like the rest of his fraternity brothers, but at the same time, he wants to maintain his 4.0 grade point average. Sociologists would say that Carlos is experiencing __________ .

• A) role conflict
• B) role incompatibility
• C) role reversal
• D) role strain

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Definitions:

Self-defeating Beliefs

Thoughts and beliefs that negatively affect a person's confidence, goals, or actions, often leading to undermining their own success.

Behavioral

Pertaining to the actions or responses of individuals or groups in relation to their environment or stimuli.

Psychoanalytic

Pertaining to psychoanalysis, a method of therapy and theory of personality developed by Freud that emphasizes unconscious motives and conflicts.

Rational-emotive Therapist

A mental health professional who employs rational emotive behavior therapy to help patients identify irrational beliefs and negative thought patterns to encourage emotional well-being.