Some Teenagers Experience Negative Life Events and Do Not Become

question 8

Multiple Choice

Some teenagers experience negative life events and do not become depressed. Which of the following teenagers is LEAST likely to become depressed when she experiences a negative life event?​

• A) ​Crystal, who already sees herself in a negative light
• B) ​Cameron, who tends to blame herself when things go wrong
• C) ​Celia, whose parents are distant and uninvolved with her
• D) ​Carmine, who is effective in regulating her emotions

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Definitions:

Enthalpy

A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system, representing the amount of energy needed to create a system plus the work needed to make room for it in its environment.

Free Energy

A thermodynamic quantity that represents the amount of work that can be performed by a system at a constant temperature and pressure.

Entropy

Disorderliness; a quantitative measure of the amount of the random, disordered energy that is unavailable to do work.

Cofactor

A nonprotein substance needed by an enzyme for normal activity; some cofactors are inorganic (usually metal ions); others are organic (coenzymes).