Rigid, Inflexible, and Maladaptive Patterns of Behavior or Ways of Relating

question 216

Multiple Choice

Rigid, inflexible, and maladaptive patterns of behavior or ways of relating to others, which ultimately become self-defeating because of their rigidity, are called ______ disorders.

• A) adjustment
• B) psychotic
• C) personality
• D) neurotic

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Definitions:

Technological Advance

Progress in the development and application of technology, leading to more efficient processes or new products.

Allocative Efficiency

A state of the economy in which production represents consumer preferences; in particular, every good or service is produced up to the point where the last unit provides a utility equal to the cost of producing it.

Productive Efficiency

A situation in which an economy or entity is operating in such a way that it cannot produce more of one good without producing less of another.

Creative Destruction

The process by which new innovations cause older technologies, companies, or products to become obsolete, driving economic growth through continuous renewal.