If a Child Refuses to Eat a Cookie So Later

question 98

Multiple Choice

If a child refuses to eat a cookie so later in the day he can have something he likes more, what ability related to emotional intelligence is he exhibiting?

• A) Controlling or keeping in check negative emotions
• B) Recognizing or understanding his own feelings
• C) Delaying immediate gratification to achieve a goal
• D) Controlling or keeping in check positive emotions

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Definitions:

Truth Table

A mathematical table used in logic to determine whether a compound statement is true or false, depending on the truth values of its components.

Modus Tollens (MT)

A form of logical argument that concludes the inverse of an antecedent from the negation of its consequent in a conditional statement.

Modus Ponens (MP)

A logical reasoning pattern that asserts if a given premise is true, then the consequent logically follows; structured as "If P, then Q. P, therefore Q."

Modus Tollens (MT)

A form of logical argument where the antecedent is denied after deriving an absurdity or contradiction from its assumption, typically structured as "If P, then Q. Not Q, therefore not P."