Jenna and Karen are close friends. Jenna is generally upbeat, ...

[burchfield96]

Jenna and Karen are close friends. Jenna is generally upbeat, with a glass-half-full attitude toward life. Karen tends to be the opposite, and she often interprets events somewhat negatively.
  If their behaviors and attitudes are consistent with patterns identified by research, of the following, which is the best description of the influence that Jenna's attitude and outlook on life will have on Karen's emotions?
 
  a. Karen's emotional outlook will become more positive as a result of Jenna's influence.
  b. As a result of Jenna's influence Karen will strive to behave in more positive ways, but her emotional outlook will be largely unaffected.
  c. Recognizing that Jenna is upbeat and she isn't, Karen is likely to become somewhat irritated with Jenna and will develop a more negative emotional outlook as a result of her social connections with Jenna.
  d. People's emotions are largely out of their conscious control, so Jenna's emotional outlook won't influence Karen's emotions one way or the other.

Question 2

Sophia, one of your students, is a high achieving student who typically displays positive personality traits, such as extraversion, agreeableness, and low neuroticism. She is well thought of and gets along with her peers. . However, she has recently changed quite. She has become withdrawn, she doesn't interact with her classmates, and she looks down and says nothing when you call on her. Normally well groomed, she has been coming to school looking unkempt.
   Based on research examining obstacles to healthy development and the evidence presented in the vignette, what is the most likely reason for the abrupt change in Sophia?'
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[Andromeda18]

Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

Her symptoms suggest that she is being physically, emotionally, or sexually abused.

[burchfield96]

Excellent

[samiel-sayed]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it