Which One of the Following Statements Is Incorrect

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

• A)Self-esteem refers to the cognitive and affective evaluations we make about ourselves.One way of understanding the origin of self-esteem is through cultural worldviews.
• B)Self-esteem is a psychological phenomenon created by humans as a buffer against the terror that is associated with the knowledge of the inevitability of one's death
• C)Self-esteem is "a culturally based construction that consists of viewing oneself as living up to specific contingencies of value,derived from the culture at large,but integrated into a unique individualized worldview by each person"
• D)Self-esteem is often not correlated with objective standards of competence or performance

---

Definitions:

Infantile Amnesia

The inability of adults to retrieve episodic memories (memories of situations or events) from before the age of two to four years.

Egocentrism

A concept in developmental psychology referring to an individual's inability to differentiate between their own perspective and that of others, often observed in children.

Object Permanence

The realization that objects still exist even when they are not visible, audible, or detectable by any other senses.

Accommodation

In cognitive psychology, the process by which existing mental schemas are modified or new schemas are created to absorb new information.