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QUESTION 7 An attractive, middle aged woman had rhinoplasty (i.e. a nose job) when she was in her thirties. As a teen and young adult she was not exceptionally attractive, but that changed radically after her nose surgery. She was lamenting to a friend that her life could have been so much better if she had gotten the nose job when she was much younger. Her wise friend asked her how her life might have benefited from not being overly attractive when younger. Upon further reflection she realized that if she had been beautiful when young, she likely would not have finished college and gotten her teaching degree, opting to relay on her beauty to get married earlier. Then she would not have had a fulfilling career as a teacher. In addition, when her daughter was diagnosed with learning disabilities, due to her training she was able to help her to overcome her learning problems. With this realization she became grateful for having had the surgery later in life. This is an example of

Answer 1

Reframe is a term used to refer to the action of doing or thinking something again by modifying certain aspects. Generally, a reframe is used when the first action/thought is not completely correct or effective and requires modification to be correct or appropriate.

According to what was expressed in the text, the protagonist of this story was a middle-aged woman who underwent plastic surgery on her nose to improve her physical appearance. This caused her a feeling of regret because she considered that the surgery could have been done years before to improve her life. However, her friend asked her "how her life could have benefited from not being too attractive when she was younger" which allowed her to rethink this thought because having that surgery before would not have improved her life at all.

According to the above, the text is an example of reframing because the protagonist had the conception that having the surgery before would have benefited her. However, this idea was not correct because this would not bring her as many benefits as She believed. So the correct answer is B. A Reframe