Question

Maaz is experiencing anxiety about his upcoming football tryout. In an effort to retain his sense of worthiness, in case he is cut from the team roster, he tells everyone on the way to the tryout that he is feeling ill. This is an example of:

Answer 1

Answer: B. self-handicapping

Explanation:

Self-handicapping can be defined as a strategy in which a person tries to avoid effort while assuming that all the efforts will be worthless. Such a strategy can lead to potential failure in self-esteem. Self-handicapping can engage a person in behaviors that restricts once success. A person makes excuses for not trying to achieve success.

The given situation is an example of self-handicapping. This is because here Maaz is making excuse for being ill if he will not be selected for the team sport.  

Answer 2

Answer:

Self-handicapping.

Explanation:

Self-handicapping may be defined as a type of cognitive strategy by which the individual prevents the self esteem. This strategy was first explained by   Edward E. Jones.

The individual in this strategy avoid the efforts and keep hopes for the potential failure and hurting from the self esteem. The individual thinks that self handicaps are the obstacles claimed by himself and anticipation of failing performance. Here, Mazz can be used as an example of self-handicapping.

Thus, the answer is self-handicapping.