Question

Eight-year-old Dejuan was teasing and hitting his sister because her friends would not allow him to play with them. His mother punished him by sending him to his room for 20 minutes. This punishment is likely to cause Dejuan to experience:________.a) narcissism.
b) competence.
c) ostracism.
d) autonomy.

Answer 1

Answer:

Ostracism

Explanation:

Let us briefly define all of the given terms.

Narcissism is overly excessive attraction to oneself's characteristics and/or physical features.

Ostracism is basically exclusion from the group.

Competence is the ability to achieve something or do it properly.

Autonomy is independence from others.

Ostracism is a term from Ancient Greece where, by public votes, certain people were temporarily banished from homeland usually for political reasons. Today, it means that someone's is excluded from any social group (a family, a circle of friends, a working collective) for numerous reason, some of which are, unfortunately, unjustified.