What is the biggest factor that influences how a child will fare following divorce?

What will be an ideal response?


Family process seems to be the biggest contributing factor. The quality of the relationships between family members before, during, and after divorce have the biggest impact. If there was a positive relationship regarding the children prior, the children do better after.

Psychology

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a. brain stem b. cerebellum c. pineal gland d. occipital lobe

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If everything else is equal, which of the following factors would least affect how attracted you are to someone?

A. The person wears nicer clothes than you normally wear. B. The person is about as physically attractive as you are. C. The person rides the same bus as you do every morning. D. The person shares your taste in music and political views.

Psychology

Louisa has just drifted off to sleep on the sofa, and is almost immediately awakened by her mother who urges her to go to bed. Louisa insists that she was not sleeping, but is now terrified by the ghost that she is sure she has seen

Louisa is probably experiencing a(n): a) hypnogogic hallucination. b) hypnopompic jerk. c) hypnopompic illusion. d) nightmare.

Psychology

Anthony thinks that the sun is alive and walks across the sky every day. According to Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory, Anthony would be in what stage?

a. Preoperational b. Sensorimotor c. Concrete Operational d. Formal Operational

Psychology