In a Study of Adolescent Agreement and Disagreement with Policies

question 182

Multiple Choice

In a study of adolescent agreement and disagreement with policies to remedy racial discrimination (Hughes & Bigler, 2011) , most adolescents believed that racism was the cause of disparities between African and European Americans, but adolescents' ages influenced their ideas about solutions to the inequality. Those who were most likely to support systemic solutions (e.g., affirmative action and desegregation) were between the ages of _____.

• A) 10 and 11
• B) 12 and 13
• C) 14 and 15
• D) 16 and 17

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