Jeremy Is Nine Years Old

question 56

Multiple Choice

Jeremy is nine years old.He is mediocre in terms of his academic and extracurricular performance and suffers from low self-esteem.His parents have been using various strategies to help him increase his self-esteem.Which of the following strategies they have been using is least likely to be effective?

• A)Identifying Jeremy's areas of competence
• B)Giving Jeremy emotional support and social approval
• C)Helping Jeremy learn to cope with the problem
• D)Praising Jeremy for mediocre,or even poor performance

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