Prudence Carter and John Ogbu Were Both Concerned with the Question

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Essay

Prudence Carter and John Ogbu were both concerned with the question of whether black students' academic achievement is negatively impacted by a cultural practice of avoiding "acting white." How does their work differ?

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Definitions:

Schizophrenia

A chronic mental health condition characterized by disturbances in thought, perception, emotions, language, sense of self, and behavior.

Avolition

A lack of motivation or ability to initiate and persist in goal-directed behaviors, often seen in psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia.

Tactile Hallucination

The false perception of physical touch or sensation on the skin without any physical cause.

Somatic Hallucination

False perceptions or sensations in the body that have no physical source, such as feeling insects crawling on the skin.