Jeremy and Stacy Are Siblings Who Attend the Same Elementary

question 37

Multiple Choice

Jeremy and Stacy are siblings who attend the same elementary school. They rarely speak to each other during free time. Jeremy is usually hanging out with his male friends while Stacy and her female friends stick together. At home, they interact only minimally. Each believes that his/her gender "rules". Jeremy and Stacy are most likely in which stage of psychosexual development?

• A) Anal
• B) Phallic
• C) Latency
• D) Genital

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Definitions:

Learned Helplessness

A scenario where a person is burdened with feelings of inability to exert control, typically following a harrowing event or successive failures.

Confidence

The feeling of self-assurance arising from one's appreciation of one's own abilities or qualities.

Pessimistic Attitude

A mindset characterized by the expectation that negative outcomes will generally prevail over positive ones.

Self-serving Bias

The common habit of a person crediting themselves for positive outcomes or successes but attributing failures to external factors.