Stacy Has Been Struggling with Whether to Tell Her Instructor

question 6

Multiple Choice

Stacy has been struggling with whether to tell her instructor that she plagiarized a sentence in her paper. She knows that she will get a zero on her paper if she tells the instructor. The incident will become part of her academic record and this worries her. According to Freudian theory, what type of anxiety is Stacy most likely suffering from?

• A) Existential anxiety
• B) Realistic anxiety
• C) Neurotic anxiety
• D) Moral anxiety

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