Which of the Following Factors Figure Prominently in Explaining Why

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which of the following factors figure prominently in explaining why minority youth are often academic underachievers?

• A) minority children are less intelligent than other children are
• B) their ethnic peers devalue academics
• C) minority parents devalue academics
• D) minority children are less intelligent than other children are and minority parents devalue academics
• E) all of these

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Definitions:

1648

The year that marked the end of the Thirty Years' War in Europe with the signing of the Peace of Westphalia, leading to a new political and religious order.

Fundamental Conflicts

Core disagreements or confrontations that are basic or essential to the nature of a situation, often driving the narrative or outcome.

Catholics and Protestants

Refer to the two major branches of Christianity that split during the Reformation, with distinct beliefs, practices, and governance.

Thirty Years' War

A devastating European conflict from 1618 to 1648, involving most of the continent's major powers, often seen as a series of interconnected religious, territorial, and dynastic wars.