Use the following scenario to match the focus of each theory
with the corresponding theory. Each theory is only used
once.
9-year-old Sydney is in 4th grade. Her mother is a space
engineer, and her father stays at home to help care for her and her
younger brother. Sydney helps take care of her younger brother, and
she excels in math. She watches her mom perform calculations and
she wants to be just like her when she gets older. Sydney is upset
that she is sometimes teased at school for liking math. She feels
confident in her learning abilities but less confident in her
ability to make friends, especially with boys.
Group of answer choices ( Psychoanalytic, Systems,
Cognitive, Behavioral, Evolutionary)
Focuses on how the culture and time period may influence the
roles of Sydney's parents.
Focuses on how taking care of a younger sibling at Sydney's age
might have been adaptive for our ancestors.
Focuses on how Sydney learned from watching her mother to
love math.
Focuses on Sydney's inner drives and motives, especially her
feelings of inferiority in making friends.
Focuses on how Sydney's thinking, memory, and processing speed
have advanced in school, enabling her to excel in math.
