Question

Due to the continued stress of caring for her sick mother, Artie's friends say that Artie has recently become very disorganized and indecisive and has avoided spending time with her friends. These observations describe which element often triggered by stress?

Answer 1

These observations describe b. ineffective behavior.

Step-by-step explanation:

Stress as a person’s response to a stressor (caring for her sick mother) that manifests itself on many biological and psychological levels, including person’s behavior.

Here, Artie is exposed to a chronic stressor and she likely to develop a range of psychological symptoms. Being an adolescent, she is probably has limited coping mechanisms for dealing with her stress, because she is not an adult, can not make major decisions and is probably not receiving full information from the doctors. Such lack of decision-making capacity and lack of information can make Artie, indecisive, disorganized and antisocial, all of which go under ineffective behavior.