Marjorie Plays Soccer

question 19

Multiple Choice

Marjorie plays soccer.She is a first year student on her high school team,and after the first practice,she feels pretty awful about herself because the seniors are much better players than she is.She tells her friend,"I look like a five-year-old compared to them! How will I ever get that good? I'm embarrassed to even practice." By judging her ability based on the skills of her teammates,Marjorie is engaging in ____.

• A)direct definition
• B)ego boundaries
• C)social comparison
• D)self fulfilling prophecy
• E)reflected appraisal

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Definitions:

Operational Change

Adjustments made to the day-to-day operations of an organization, aiming to improve efficiency or effectiveness.

Transformational Change

Change in which the organization moves to a radically different, and sometimes unknown, future state.

Radically Different

Drastically unlike or divergent from what is traditional, standard, or expected.

Unknown Future

A reference to situations or outcomes that are uncertain or unpredictable.