Lon's Parents Are Worried About Him Because He Doesn't Seem

question 89

Multiple Choice

Lon's parents are worried about him because he doesn't seem to have any good friends. What could you tell them about children without friends?

• A) Having friends doesn't have any significant benefits other than occasionally keeping children from being lonely.
• B) Children without friends are the same as children with friends in terms of being cooperative and sharing with others.
• C) Children without friends have a harder time dealing with life stresses.
• D) Children without friends usually have high self-esteem.

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Definitions:

Immune Deficiencies

Situations in which the ability of the immune system to combat infectious diseases and cancer is weakened or completely lacking.

Stress Reaction

The physical, mental, or emotional response to an event or condition that disturbs the balance or equilibrium of a person's state.

Interstate

Pertaining to the system of highways that connect major cities across states in the United States, also used to describe anything occurring between states.

Stressor

A factor or event that causes stress to an organism, triggering a physical or emotional response.