Which of the Following Situations Indicates Resilience That Characterizes Development

question 81

Multiple Choice

Which of the following situations indicates resilience that characterizes development in adulthood?

• A)Jonathan, who did not get good grades in middle school, studies hard in high school and gets a scholarship at an Ivy League university.
• B)Joshua gets low SAT scores after his parents file for a divorce.
• C)Ryle, whose parents fund his university education to Cornell, fails in his end-term examinations.
• D)Cathy is not allowed to write the examinations because she misses school to take care of her mother, who is not well.

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Definitions:

Diversion

The fallacy of trying to support one proposition by arguing for another proposition.

Argument

A rationale or series of arguments presented with the goal of convincing others of the validity or fallacy of a certain action or idea.

Appeal to Ignorance

A fallacy that asserts a proposition to be true because it has not been proved false or vice versa.

Atlantis

A mythical island nation mentioned in Plato's works, "Timaeus" and "Critias," as a powerful and advanced civilization that purportedly sank into the ocean in a single day and night of misfortune.