Question

Gerry is a night watchman who has worked at the same company for 25 years. He is described as very shy and withdrawn around others. While this behavior is not problematic at work, his relatives find him 'weird and tend to shun him at family gatherings Despite encouragement by his immediate family to mingle, Gerry hardly speaks to others at these events. According to the goodness-of-fit concept. Gerry's behavior would

A) not be viewed as a problem at family gatherings
B) not be viewed as a problem at work but would be viewed as a problem at family gatherings.
C) not be viewed as a problem at all
D) only be viewed as a problem if it caused difficulty for his immediate family

Answer 1

Answer:B) not be viewed as a problem at work but would be viewed as a problem at family gatherings.

Explanation:Goodness Of Fit in psychology defines how how compatible one's own temperament may be with their particur social environment. These environment includes family , work place etc which all require and demand different characteristics from a person. The compatibility of one's traits or Personality to their social environment is what is called goodness of fit.

At his job as a security being quite and withdrawing from people may be acceptable because this may mean he is going to pay more attention to his work as a night Watchman and not many people work around that time however Gerry's family won't accept his withdrawal from their gathering because they would what to interact with him as a member of the family.