What Is a Major Distinction Between Direct and Indirect Effects

question 52

Multiple Choice

What is a major distinction between direct and indirect effects in a community?

• A) Indirect effects always include a resource such as water or light; direct effects do not.
• B) Direct effects result in competitive exclusion; indirect effects do not.
• C) Direct effects occur between species in different trophic levels; indirect effects include species from the same trophic level.
• D) Indirect effects always include more than two species; direct effects do not.

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Definitions:

Negative Therapy Effect

An adverse outcome in psychotherapy where the patient's symptoms worsen instead of improving.

Biopsychosocial Approach

A holistic perspective for understanding human health and illness that integrates biological, psychological, and social factors.

Biomedical

Pertaining to the application of biological and physiological principles to clinical practice and medical technology.

Psychodynamic

A psychological theory and therapy that emphasizes the interplay of unconscious drives and forces in shaping personality and behavior.