If children show negative effects after their parents' divorce, the effects may result more from having lived with a parent or parents who had problems rather than from the divorce itself. This statement is consistent with which model of divorce?
A) divorce-stress-adjustment model
B) sleeper effect model
C) selection model
D) parentification model
C) selection model. The selection model of divorce emphasizes that certain characteristics of parents (e.g., abusiveness) rather than the divorce itself cause children's negative outcomes.
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a. generalizing b. deducing c. modeling d. inducing
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A person can become entrapped into behaving altruistically
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Who was the theorist who originated the term "survival of the fittest?"
a. Herbert Spencer b. Charles Darwin c. Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck d. Richard Breland