Marcelia has been promoted and is moving her family to a new city in a different part of the country. Though 4-year-old Fernando is very happy and makes the transition easily, 13-year-old Jorge is unhappy and has a very difficult time adjusting to the move. Which single set of factors best explains the different responses of Fernando and Jorge to the move?

The single set of factors that best explain their responses is * Life-cycle factors*

Explanation:

Life cycle are stages we pass through out our lifetime as humans.

The choices of individuals are always different based on their life-cycle factors, especially with children. Life cycle factors are factors for assessing individuals choices or alternatives based on their age and present state of mind.

Though 4-year-old Fernando is very happy as he is still in adolescence stage which makes the transition very easy for him, while 13-year-old Jorge is quite unhappy, considering her age, there is a tendency she might have a very difficult time adjusting to the move.

The factors which determines their decision are their life-cycle factors.

Though 4-year-old Fernando is very happy and makes the transition easily,

(the transition is easier for Fernando due to his little age, in this age 4 is easier to make new friends)

13-year-old Jorge is unhappy and has a very difficult time adjusting to the move.

(obviously Jorge, a teenager would have more difficulties to accept the move. Probably he has a girl friend or maybe he is a member of a kind of group that he would not rather be apart.)