Which event has the potential for causing a situational crisis?
1. Losing one's faith in God
2. Losing a job after 10 years
3. Leaving home to attend college
4. Retirement from teaching school
ANS: 2
A situational crisis occurs when a specific, external event, such as job loss, disturbs one's psy-chologic equilibrium. The other options would be considered internal (subjective) crises.
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