the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences.

the term for anxiety about getting into and not being to recover from financial trouble

the estimated minimum level of income needed to secure the necessities of life (i.e. housing, food, utilities, and transportation)

a measure of one's combined economic and social status

Definition: an inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest

Definition: a person who derives advantage from something, especially a trust, will, or life insurance policy

Definition: lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree.

Definition: the state or quality of being hardworking and diligent

A group of long-established universities in the eastern US having high academic and social prestige.

Parts of the northeastern and midwestern US that are characterized by declining industry, aging factories, and a falling population.