Pepe moved from Argentina to France. He chose not to learn to speak and write French, continues to maintain his old culture's styles of dress and customs, and lives in a neighborhood where only people from Argentina live. Pepe has used which method of entering the majority culture?

a) integration
b) assimilation
c) separation
d) marginalization


ANS: C, Separation occurs when a person tries to maintain his or her original cultural identity.

Psychology

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A. conscious forces B. reality content C. manifest content D. unconscious forces

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What occurs when our three versions of self to not align?

A. self-differentiation B. self-comparison C. self-discrepancy D. self-awareness

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Kara is in Stage 1 of the sleep cycle. Which of the following is TRUE?

a. Kara will remain in this stage for hours. b. Kara is in a deep sleep. c. Kara is easily aroused, and if awakened, will probably be unaware that she was sleep. d. Kara is snoring very loudly.

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When studying mental disorders, such as depression or anxiety, and the therapies used to treat them, psychologists usually use

a. case studies. b. controlled experiments. c. the survey method. d. the correlational method.

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