The loss of one resource can trigger other losses. What is the term for these cascading patterns among multiple stressors that compound the effects of risk factors?

a. Virtuous spirals
b. Cumulative-risk hypothesis
c. Vicious spirals
d. None of the above


c

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When an individual is overly integrated into society and willing to die for the group, this type of suicide is known as ______________

a. anomic b. egoistic c. fatalistic d. altruistic e. dramaturgical

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Piaget believed children begin to develop cognitively at

18 months. 1 year. 6 months. birth.

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Wilhelm is being raised in a bilingual environment, learning to speak both German and French before the end of the critical period. Assuming Wilhelm has equally mastered both languages, what you would most likely discover when Wilhelm is in junior high?

A. He is having difficulty switching from German to French and from French to German. B. He is superior to his classmates in cognitive flexibility and creativity. C. He is inferior to his classmates in cognitive flexibility and creativity. D. He has more trouble learning arithmetic than his classmates.

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What factor had the largest effect on increasing obedience in Milgram's study?

a. Ordinary person giving orders b. Experimenter giving orders by phone c. Participant with fully obedient confederates d. Participant and victim in the same room

Psychology