Role Strain Occurs When

question 28

Multiple Choice

Role strain occurs when

• A) multiple roles that we hold make conflict demands on us
• B) one role makes conflicting demands on us
• C) the role we are given is defined by someone else, with little or no input from us
• D) our personal goals have changed but our role has not and we are frustrated by the misalignment of goals and roles

---

Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, emphasizing the effects of consequences on behavior.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus, obtained through repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus.

Biologically Primed

The concept that certain behaviors or responses are innately predisposed due to evolutionary history.