A Disproportionate Percentage of Students Who Drop Out of High

question 10

Multiple Choice

A disproportionate percentage of students who drop out of high school are:

• A) middle-class white students
• B) working-class white students
• C) wealthy minority students
• D) poor and minority students

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Definitions:

Need for Achievement

A psychological trait referring to an individual's desire for significant accomplishment, mastering of skills, control, or high standards of success.

Monozygotic Twins

Identical twins that develop from one zygote, which splits and forms two embryos, sharing exactly the same genetic material.

Dizygotic Twins

Also known as fraternal twins, these are siblings that are born at the same time but have developed from two different eggs fertilized by two different sperm.

Environmental Shared

The portion of the environment that is experienced identically by individuals, often used in contrast to "non-shared environment" in studies of heritability.