John Ogbu suggested that the motivation of African-American adolescents to succeed may be the result of
A) low levels of self-esteem and self-efficacy.
B) involuntary immigration of their ancestors who came to the U.S. as slaves.
C) socioeconomic factors.
D) the lack of African-American role models.
B
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a. humanistic b. cognitive c. post-Freudian d. existential
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a. defining the problem. b. hypothesis discussion. c. publishing results. d. theoretical projection.
According to Freud, males who are able to successfully resolve the Oedipus conflict:
A) identify with their mothers. B) harbor a desire to kill their mothers. C) harbor a desire to kill their fathers. D) identify with their fathers.