Which of the Following Is Characteristic of Segregated Schools in the United

question 46

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is characteristic of segregated schools in the United States?

• A)School busing has been welcomed by all as a method of achieving integration.
• B)The Supreme Court continues to expand the scope of laws aimed at promoting integration.
• C)School segregation is not linked to educational inequality.
• D)The movement of middle- and upper-class Whites into suburban or outlying areas has worsened racial segregation.

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Multidimensional Theories

A class of theoretical models in which theorists consider development to be the result of the relationships among many causal components. They generally apply to all domains of development from the cognitive to the social and suggest that there are layers, or levels, of interacting causes for behavioral change: physical/molecular, biological, psychological, social, and cultural. These models may also be called transactional, relational, systems, or bioecological models.

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Stage Theory

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Developmental History

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