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Why Might Social Support Be Considered Important, but Also to Carry

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Why might social support be considered important, but also to carry some risks to adaptive functioning?


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Negative Externality

A cost that affects a party who did not choose to incur that cost, often resulting from industrial activity, where the negative effects are felt by others, such as pollution.

Public Good

A product that is non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning it can be used by many simultaneously without diminishing the product's availability to others.

Private Good

A good, such as pizza, that is both rival in consumption and exclusive.

Regressive Tax

A tax system in which the tax rate decreases as the taxable amount increases, placing a larger burden on low-income earners.

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