Poor Children Tend to Show Chronically Elevated Levels of the Stress

question 87

Short Answer

Poor children tend to show chronically elevated levels of the stress hormone called _____.

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Definitions:

Individualistic Model

A concept in ecology that emphasizes the importance of individual variation in influencing community structure.

Interaction

A kind of action that occurs as two or more objects have an effect upon one another. The idea of a two-way effect is essential in the concept of interaction, as opposed to a one-way causal effect.

Organismic Model

A perspective in biology and ecology that views an organism as a single, integrated unit.

Frederick Clements

An early 20th-century ecologist known for his theory of plant succession and the concept of the climax community.