During which of Phinney's three stages of ethnic identity development do increasing cognitive abilities and social experiences lead the individual to reexamine and question their ethnic identity?

A) unexamined ethnic identity
B) ethnic identity confusion
C) ethnic identity search
D) resolution of conflict


C) ethnic identity search Phinney's second stage, ethnic identity search, is a period of identity moratorium during which teenagers reexamine their ethnic identities and search for what makes sense to them personally.

Psychology

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Which behavioral perspective has assumed a predominant position in recent decades and is based on learning through imitation?

A. classical conditioning B. social-learning theory C. operant conditioning D. reinforcement reduction

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The primary purpose of the DSM-IV-TR is to __________

a) help psychologists assess only normal behavior. b) keep the number of diagnostic categories of mental disorders to a minimum. c) help psychological professionals diagnose psychological disorders. d) describe the causes of common physiological disorders.

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Of the following, which would provide the strongest evidence for a genetic component to schizophrenia?

A. a higher concordance rate for fraternal twins than for other siblings B. a higher concordance rate for fraternal twins than for identical twins C. a high concordance rate among identical twins raised apart D. a high concordance rate among the general population

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Dan, who often travels in airplanes, experiences sudden fear of flying after he hears the news about an airplane crash. In this case, Dan's experience demonstrates

A. confirmation bias. B. hindsight bias. C. timing bias. D. the availability heuristic.

Psychology