Based on Research Addressing Ethnic Differences in the Timing and Rate

question 35

Multiple Choice

Based on research addressing ethnic differences in the timing and rate of pubertal maturation, which American girl would be expected to be the earliest to mature?

• A) Brandy, a middle-income Black adolescent
• B) Miranda, a middle-income Mexican adolescent
• C) Emily, a middle-income White adolescent
• D) Kimberly, a middle-income Asian adolescent

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Definitions:

Doctrine Of Opposites

In psychoanalytic theory, the idea that everything implies or contains its opposite.

Oral Character

A term from psychoanalytic theory describing personality traits associated with the oral stage of psychosexual development, such as dependence or passivity.

Anal Character

A personality type derived from Freudian theory, suggesting that individuals fixated at the anal stage exhibit traits like orderliness, stubbornness, and a need for control.

Passively Respond

A behavior or response where an individual does not actively engage or react in a situation but instead allows things to happen without direct interaction.