Marc was a POW in Vietnam. He was placed in a tiny cell, beaten, and threatened with death on a daily basis. This treatment is a part of the phase of brainwashing known as

Failure to meet a child's basic needs is called ______

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Most adolescents know that smoking is harmful to their health. Why might they take up smoking in spite of this knowledge?

They are guilty of the sunk cost fallacy. Logic does not always "feel right." They want to rebel against their parents. It will gain them acceptance into a peer group.