When Someone Has Too High Expectations, They May "Throw Away

question 21

Multiple Choice

When someone has too high expectations, they may "throw away" the real person in favor of:

• A) an extramarital affair.
• B) a close friend.
• C) their family.
• D) their own idealizations.

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Definitions:

Primary Circular Reaction

A repetitive action in infants aimed at experiencing a desired effect, such as sucking or grasping, part of sensorimotor development stages proposed by Piaget.

Involuntary Actions

Actions that occur without the individual's conscious choice, often reflexive or automatic bodily functions like breathing or the heartbeat.

Moro Reflex

A primitive reflex found in infants, characterized by spreading the arms, unspreading them, then crying, in response to a sensation of falling.

Secondary Circular Reaction

is a developmental phase in early childhood identified by Piaget, in which infants repeat actions that affect the environment, indicating the beginning of intentional behavior.