Although we don’t fully understand why it is easier for younger children to learn new languages than for older children and adults, learning a language does appear to have what psychologists call a __SENSITIVE PERIOD__, an interval when people are receptive to learning and can acquire new knowledge more easily.
As a result, Xiao may experience acculturative stress.
The term acculturative stress refers to the psychological impact which comes along with adaptation to a new society and culture. In Xiao's case, he comes from a family where each member depends on each other, but as America values independence, he is conflicted between his old values and new norms found in a new country.
Answer: C. Suggestibility, deindividualization, and invulnerability
Explanation: The crowd, according to experts in psychology and social sciences, is a group of people gathered for some common purpose. Such a group of people is temporary, it does not have a distinct structure or hierarchy, i.e crowd behaviour is conditioned by the mutual influence of all who participate in the crowd. Since they are a group of people who are gathered for a common cause, these people are directly next to each other, they all act and influence each other, creating a psychology of the crowd or some kind of collective consciousness and behaviour. This means that the degree of individuality in the crowd decreases drastically, each individual is more susceptible to the thinking of others than usual, so individuals become more suggestive, but each individual becomes less vulnerable as the collective strength of the crowd increases resistance to each individual's vulnerability.
What manages and guides the crowd are simple and uncomplicated social norms, established on the spot by the people in the crowd. Of course, it should be borne in mind that in any crowd, the people who make up the crowd must be somewhat like-minded in order to create and channel somewhat similar emotions, all of which shape the behaviour of the masses as well as anonymity. Anonymity also contributes to the strength and behaviour of the masses, each anonymous being equally important in its influence that shapes the overall behaviour of the masses.
Answer: Lack of adequate health care.
Explanation: lack of access to
affordable, quality and adequate health care has resulted in the high infant mortality rate in the U.S as compared to other affluent country.
1. Matter as in a physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit; (in physics) that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy.
2. Matter as in an affair or situation under consideration; a topic
