The correct answer would be option A, Her behavior may be adaptive.
The above mentioned statement does not characterized Mellie's experience.
Explanation:
Mellie is extremely afraid of going out of her house because she thinks that some people are following her and planning on hurting her. She is very upset because of this, and she has not been out of her house in three weeks.
Everyone in her family and neighbors is worried about her. Her behavior is upsetting to others, and her behavior is not common and acceptable socially, which means her behavior deviates from the general social norms, and also her behavior is personally distressing.
But she is not at all adaptive. If she was adaptive, then she would have adjusted in the current circumstances or situations. She would have shed off her feelings of fear which are troubling her as well her near ones. So the statement that says her behavior may be adaptive, does not characterize Mellie's experience.
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