A farmer applies pesticides to a crop to save it from insect damage. Although the farmer benefits immediately from using pesticides, other farmers follow suit and the local water system is eventually damaged permanently. This is an example of
a. a carbon-neutral lifestyle.
b. the cost-benefit ratio.
c. learned helplessness.
d. the tragedy of the commons.
ANSWER: d
Psychology
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Cases of boys who are surgically altered in childhood to appear as girls, and then are raised as girls,have shown that the development of gender identity is
A) fully determined by how a child is nurtured. B) unpredictable and seems to develop at random. C) is likely due solely to biological predispositions. D) likely not due solely to nurture alone.
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