An Employee with a High Hardiness Personality Who Experiences Role

question 85

Multiple Choice

An employee with a high hardiness personality who experiences role conflict from her work role, her demands as a mother, and expectations from her volunteer charity committee would likely do which of the following?

• A) Resign from the parent teacher association.
• B) Become depressed.
• C) Enroll in a time management course.
• D) Ask her boss for some time off.

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Definitions:

Vicarious Learning

The process of learning new behaviors or skills by observing the actions of others and the consequences that follow.

Operant Conditioning

An educational method whereby reinforcement or punishment adjusts the intensity of a behavior.

Psychoanalysis

A method of therapy and theory of personality developed by Sigmund Freud, emphasizing unconscious motives and conflicts.

Social Learning Theory

A theory which suggests that people learn new behaviors and attitudes through observing the behavior of others and the outcomes of those behaviors.