Living independently is not possible for those with intellectual disabilities.

Your grandfather has just returned from being examined by an eye specialist who discovered he has cataracts. How did the specialist explain the diagnosis to your grandfather?

a) "The lenses of your eyes have become cloudy." b) "You have a detached retina that requires surgery." c) "You have lost a significant amount of pigment in the iris." d) "The number of cones in your retina has decreased as a result of dietary changes."

According to your text's analysis of revising self-knowledge, changing the way you think about yourself is difficult because ____

a. people lack the discipline to implement changes they consider b. people don't want to make changes in self-knowledge c. people around us see us as having stable traits and that exerts pressure to not change d. people are constantly changing their social contexts