Beth Really Wants to Get in Shape,but Just Can't Seem

question 96

Multiple Choice

Beth really wants to get in shape,but just can't seem to ever get herself to the gym.An example of a commitment device Beth could use would be:

• A) to spend time before going to the gym doing something she really enjoys doing, like seeing a movie.
• B) to allow herself one dessert for each visit to the gym.
• C) to make arrangements to meet with an exercise buddy every day at the gym to work out together.
• D) None of these is a commitment device.

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Definitions:

Freudian Stages

A series of developmental stages that Sigmund Freud theorized children go through, each associated with a different area of pleasure.

Personality Development

Personality development involves the growth and advancement of personal characteristics and traits which contribute to the overall personality of an individual.

Puberty

The physical changes that occur in the body as sexual development reaches its peak.

Collective Unconscious

A concept in analytical psychology, proposed by Carl Jung, referring to the part of the unconscious mind that is derived from ancestral memory and experience, shared among beings of the same species.