Question

Jenny would like to bring her service animal to work, a Labrador Retriever who helps her deal with severe anxiety. She is not sure, however, that she wants to disclose her condition to colleagues. By de-emphasizing differences and staying quiet about her disability, Jenny has chosen a strategy of integration called ____________.

Answer 1

Answer:

By de-emphasizing differences and staying quiet about her disability, Jenny has chosen a strategy of integration called assimilation .

Explanation:

Options for this question are:

• Perspective taking .
• Code-switching .
• Assimilation .
• Accommodation.

In the assimilation a person acquires information and is able to introduce it to the information he already possessed, to generate a new experience, as part of the adaptation process.

Jenny is omitting some of her personal information, related to a disability - since she does not know how her co-workers can take it - and elaborates a strategy based on assimilation to achieve integration into her group.