A Mother Who Primarily Uses Power Assertion to Influence Her

question 98

Multiple Choice

A mother who primarily uses power assertion to influence her child's behaviour is most likely to:

• A) appeal to the child's own helpful inclinations.
• B) encourage the child to be assertive and stand up to adults.
• C) threaten to take away the child's videogame system for bad behaviour.
• D) correct the child's misbehaviour by appealing to the child's own resources.

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Definitions:

Categorical Data

Data that represent characteristics and can be divided into groups or categories, which are not numerically quantifiable.

Ordinal Data

Refers to a type of data which is categorized into ordered levels but the differences between the levels are not necessarily consistent or measurable.

Interval Data

A type of data that not only categorizes variables but also quantifies the differences between these categories, where the intervals between values are interpretable.

Ratio Data

A type of quantitative data that not only offers order and equal intervals between values but also has a natural zero point, enabling ratios to be calculated.