In Individuals from Ethnic Minority Groups, Identification with the Mainstream

question 68

Multiple Choice

In individuals from ethnic minority groups, identification with the mainstream culture

• A)cannot be accomplished without losing a sense of one's own ethnic group.
• B)sometimes strengthens one's own ethnic identity and sometimes weakens it.
• C)leads to rejection by one's peers.
• D)results in a significant loss in self-esteem.

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Definitions:

Environmental Influences

The impacts of external factors from one's surrounding environment, such as society, culture, and physical surroundings, on an individual's behavior, decisions, and well-being.

Epigenetic Mark

Chemical modifications to DNA or histone proteins that affect gene expression without altering the DNA sequence.

Environmental Influence

Factors in an individual's surroundings that impact their development, behavior, and lifestyle.

Dizygotic Development

The biological process that leads to the birth of two fraternal twins from two separate eggs fertilized by two different sperm.