Isaac wants to win a 5k running race, but because he spends several hours after school playing video games, he doesn't have time to train. what type of goal-setting challenge is isaac facing?

distractions

fear of failure

uncertainty

lack of control

Marian recently made the decision to try to re-wallpaper her own kitchen—which was a mistake given her personality! to compound the mistake, she selected a complex wallpaper pattern that included flowers and trees. each time she put one strip of paper on the wall, she became increasingly upset if there was not a perfect match from the pattern of one strip to the next. if one flower was off by as much as one-tenth of an inch, she would tear down the strip, remove the excess paste, and try again with the next strip. over eight hours after she started this job, she has only succeeded at putting up six strips of wallpaper, which covered about 10 percent of the room in which she was working. marian may suffer from personality disorder.

In the course of participant observation, anthropologists are often called on to do things that they might not ordinarily do. what allows them to develop a keen understanding of beliefs and practices of others as they conduct fieldwork?

Alexis is socially withdrawn and has few close friends. this behavior is most likely to be diagnosed as a a symptom of psychological disorder if it is: