Question

In which stage of Ponterotto’s model may people respond to their newfound feelings by either taking on the “minority plight” or by retreating
A) Exposure Stage
B) Zealot Defensiveness Stage
C) Integration stage
D) Pre exposure Stage

Answer 1

In Exposure Stage of Ponterotto’s model people may respond to their newfound feelings by either taking on the “minority plight” or by retreating.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Ponterotto’s model is based on the research on the mental status of the inter racial children.  He researched and jotted them into different stages based on the mental set up of the people.

When people find out that they don’t belong to a particular race but they are a mix of two or more races they undergo different feelings. In exposure stage, that is when they find out that they are born different and people notice them distinctively. That is the time when they start retreating