Mustafa is having some problems fitting in. His parents are from Kuwait, but he's really attracted to the lifestyles of his high school classmates, so he downloads the same music they do to his iPod and buys the same clothes they do. Unfortunately, he just can't seem to make any friends. Mustafa's ethnic identity seems to be in a state of
A) assimilation.
B) marginality.
C) separation.
D) biculturalism.
B
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a) presbycusis. b) hearing detention. c) hearing manifestation. d) myopia.
Adolescents from which of the following countries engage in the LEAST amount of exercise?
A. Germany B. the United States C. Austria D. Ireland
The onset of puberty for Molly was at the age of 9. Her mother entered puberty at the age of 11, and her grandmother entered puberty at the age of 13. This best illustrates a
A. sexual difference. B. physiological trend. C. cross-sectional section. D. secular trend.
Which of the following statements is true about the skin senses?
a) Sensations for hotness are produced by stimulation of specialized receptors for heat. b) All skin receptors can respond to more than one type of stimulation. c) There are about ten thousand receptors for touch and pressure distributed throughout the body. d) Sensory information is transmitted from the spinal cord to the somatosensory cortex. e) All receptors for pain are located in the skin.