Manny Tends to Be Very Passive and Allows People to Take

question 206

Multiple Choice

Manny tends to be very passive and allows people to take advantage of him.What would a humanist be MOST likely to say about Manny?

• A) Manny will find it difficult to change because he probably has deep-seated feelings of inferiority.
• B) Manny can become more assertive once he begins to feel better about himself and recognizes that he has the ability to fulfill his potential.
• C) Manny simply needs to take an assertiveness training class in which he can learn and practice assertive behaviors.
• D) Manny should undergo analysis so that he can begin to resolve whatever unconscious conflict is at the root of his passivity.

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Definitions:

Academic Inferiority

A feeling of lower standing or inadequacy in an academic context, often based on comparison with peers or personal academic performance expectations.

Trait Theorists

Psychologists who study human personality focusing on identifying and measuring characteristic patterns of behavior.

Variability

The extent to which data points in a statistical or data set differ from each other and from the average.

Biopsychosocial Organisms

are entities that demonstrate how biological, psychological, and social factors combine and interact to influence an individual's health and behavior.