When Dr. Bentley is asked to explain troubled adolescents, she says, "The only way to explain the problems of adolescents is to study them in relation to their parents and the culture that surrounds them.". Dr. Bentley is most likely a proponent of ____ theory

a. psychodynamic
b. cognitive developmental
c. ecological
d. social cognitive


c

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