What Is One of the Major Cultural Reasons That There

question 52

Multiple Choice

What is one of the major cultural reasons that there are differences in rates of death from heart disease among ethnic groups in the United States?

• A)diet
• B)exercise
• C)sedentary employment
• D)lack of health insurance

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Definitions:

Psychosexual Development

Freud's theory that childhood stages of development (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) affect an individual's adult personality.

Superego

Part of the Freudian psychoanalytic theory, representing the ethical component of personality that provides the moral standards by which the ego operates.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that mediates between the demands of the id, superego, and reality.

Phallic

Pertains to the third stage in Freud's psychosexual development theory, focusing on the pleasure center around the genital area during the ages of 3 to 6 years.