Generalizing from the text, normative models of human development such as Levinson's theory would be expected to provide the LEAST accurate explanations of women's development and behavior during which of the following decades?
A) 1930s
B) 1950s
C) 1980s
D) 2000s

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Normative models have difficulty keeping pace when cultural events are in rapid and dramatic transition. For women, the decades of the 1970s and 1980s were particularly in transition, reflecting the dramatic changes in expectations and opportunities brought on by the women's movement. Thus, compared to the other periods noted in this question, when women's roles were less in a state of flux, the decade of the 1980s would likely pose the greatest challenge for normative models.

Generalizing from the Text, Normative Models of Human Development Such