Renata is a Latina adolescent who hangs out with friends who share her ethnicity, but she does not want to have anything to do with the other girls in her classes. She believes they are snobs who cannot relate to her way of life. How is Renata's ethnic identity described according to Jean Phinney's outcomes of ethnic identity exploration?

a. assimilationb. marginalc. separatedd. bicultural

The correct answer is c. Separated.

Explanation:

According to Jean Phinney's model of ethnicity identity development and in this model following the outcome acculturation model, Renatas ethnic identity can be described as separated because in this model individuals identify only with their own culture and rejects the host culture therefore being separated its outcome of ethnic identity exploration as she only hangs out with friends who share her ehtnicity and rejects the other girls from the host culture.