In Phinney's Stages of Ethnic/racial Identity Development, a Person in the Moratorium

question 16

Multiple Choice

In Phinney's stages of ethnic/racial identity development, a person in the moratorium stage is most likely to say,

• A) "I think people should know what Black people had to go through to get to where we are now."
• B) "I don't go looking for my culture. I just go by what my parents say and do, and what they tell me to do, the way they are."
• C) "My past is just there; I have no reason to worry about it. I'm American now."
• D) "People put me down because I'm from Mexico, but I don't care anymore. I can accept myself more."

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

In psychology, the reappearance of a conditioned response after a delay or period of extinction.

Consistent

Showing steady conformity to character, profession, belief, or custom.

Experiments

Research methods employed to explore, verify a hypothesis, or prove an established truth.

Model

A representation, either physical, mathematical, or conceptual, used to describe, explain, or predict phenomena in the real world.