What characteristics of a child place him or her at risk for developing a psychological disorder?
What will be an ideal response?
Children who face many known risk factors, such as community violence and parental divorce, are vulnerable to abnormal development. Acute, stressful situations as well as chronic adversity put children's successful development at risk. Chronic poverty, serious caregiving deficits, parental mental illness, divorce, homelessness, and racial prejudice are known risk factors that increase children's vulnerability to psychopathology—especially in the absence of compensatory strengths and resources.
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A) almost always includes the information needed to repeat the calculation. B) has been downplayed until recently. C) relies exclusively on tables. D) was not emphasized in research articles until recently.
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a. Each odorant binds to only one receptor type. b. Each receptor type binds to many different odorants. c. Odorants bind with the same affinity to every receptor type. d. Each odorant produces a different pattern of activity in the glomeruli. e. Only one odorant molecule is located in the human olfactory system.
From least to greatest, which of the following groups have more psychological illness?
A. African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans B. Hispanic Americans, non-Hispanic White Americans, Asian Americans C. American Indians, Hispanic Americans, non-Hispanic White Americans D. Asian Americans, African Americans, non-Hispanic White Americans