5. Kerry is a 16-year-old junior in All State High School. Throughout this year, she has maintained a 3.8 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale). One day, she and the class are informed
by their Latin teacher that they will have a test the following morning, Kerry has only been
able to do her nightly studying for work that will be due the next day because her mother has
been ill, and Kerry has the responsibility of helping with all of the household chores and
doing most of the cooking. Kerry also looks after her little brother. He resents this and often
disobeys hér, and now he has withdrawn from their once close and loving relationship, which
upsets her. On the same day Kerry learns about the upcoming Latin test, her father tells her
that her mother was taken to the hospital and will have surgery the next day. Kerry's father
insists that Kerry go to school because of the Latin test, although she is allowed to check out
after the test and come to the hospital in time to be with her mother a few minutes before the
surgery. When Kerry gets to her Latin class the day after the test, she learns that she scored
a D on the test, her first D ever. She becomes depressed and doesn't know what to do.
On a separate sheet of paper, use any three of the six psychological approaches discussed in
the text to examine Kerry's problem and offer possible solutions.