What Is the Theory Used by Robert Park to Explain

question 31

Multiple Choice

What is the theory used by Robert Park to explain why second-generation immigrants fail to successfully identify with either their native culture or the culture of the new nation which they are trying to assimilate?

• A) the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
• B) theory of diminishing returns
• C) the Klinefelter syndrome
• D) the theory of marginality

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Definitions:

Gametes

Reproductive cells (sperm in males and eggs in females) that carry half the genetic information of an individual and can combine to form a new organism.

Zygotes

The initial cell formed when a new organism is produced by the union of sperm and egg cells, representing the earliest developmental stage of the embryo.

Alleles

Different versions of a gene that determine distinct traits that can be passed from parents to offspring.

Genomic Imprinting

The instance when the expression of a gene is determined by whether it is inherited from the mother or father.