Increasing pressure on the nervous system resulting from stress, which prevents internal balance or equilibrium, is referred to as ______.
a. allostatic load
b. cognitive load
c. neurological load
d. hippocampus load
a. allostatic load
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Which of the following factors puts children at the greatest risk for abuse?
A) children from low-income families B) only child families C) ethnic and minority families D) families with both a mother and father in the home
Which of the following was not an historical change that motivated changes in fertility policies?
a) In the 1950s there was increased concern with reproductive health and the rights of women. b) There were very high growth rates in many less developed countries in the 1960s and 1970s. c) By the mid-1990s fertility in many less developed countries had fallen considerably. d) By the mid-1990s fertility in some highly developed countries was very low.
Which best exemplifies a global supply chain?
A. For the jewelry she crafts and sells, Mabel sources her gemstones from Pakistan. B. Brad will only buy things that are made domestically. C. A laptop is assembled in several locations before it arrives at the retailer. D. To minimize a xenophobic market response, Greenco printed an American flag on its products.
Families in which one or both adult partners have at least one child, either residing with them or elsewhere are called:
A. mutual child families. B. half-siblings. C. two-part families. D. stepfamilies.