If one person trashes the roadside, it has little noticeable effect. However, as many people do the same, the roadsides become unsightly and require more state money from taxes for the clean-up, which affects everyone
This is an example of
a. a carbon-neutral society.
b. the cost-benefit ratio.
c. the tragedy of the commons.
d. learned helplessness.
ANSWER: c
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a. experiences the person had in the past when speaking in front of others. b. related electrical activity in certain parts of the brain. c. self-defeating attitudes and perceptions that feed the anxiety. d. type of medication that can be prescribed to reduce the level of anxiety.
Infants who receive adequate nutrition but act as though they have been deprived of food because they are listless and apathetic are exhibiting
a) nonorganic failure to thrive. b) marasmus. c) kwashiorkor. d) undernutrition.