Curtis Loves to Garden, but His Arthritis Makes It Difficult

question 62

Multiple Choice

Curtis loves to garden, but his arthritis makes it difficult. Now he limits the plants he tends to those that do not require much maintenance. This is an example of

• A) a contradiction within the self.
• B) optimization.
• C) compensation.
• D) selection.

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Definitions:

Scapegoating

The practice of unfairly blaming an individual or group for problems or negative outcomes, often without justification.

Aggression

Behavior intended to harm or intimidate others, which can be physical, verbal, or non-verbal, motivated by a variety of factors including frustration, social learning, or biological predisposition.

Hindsight Bias

The tendency to believe, after an outcome is already known, that one would have foreseen it, often referred to as the "I-knew-it-all-along" effect.

Stereotypes

Widely held but fixed and oversimplified images or ideas about a particular type of person or thing.