. Beth is torn between attending medical school to become a physician, which means leaving her fiancé, and maintaining a relationship with him and starting a family. She is experiencing ______.

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Beth is experiencing a role conflict, which occurs when a person is torn between two or more roles that are incompatible with each other. In this case, her role as a medical student and her role as a fiancé are in conflict. A moral dilemma (B) would involve a conflict between two moral principles or values. The phi phenomenon (C) refers to the illusion of movement created by the rapid succession of visual stimuli. Eustress (D) is a positive form of stress, but it does not apply to this situation.

Beth Is Torn Between Attending Medical School to Become