The Theory of Psychological Reactance Would Advise Parents Who Wish

question 103

Multiple Choice

The theory of psychological reactance would advise parents who wish to keep their children from taking up the habit of smoking cigarettes that their best strategy would be to

• A)threaten their children with severe punishment if they are ever caught smoking.
• B)promise large rewards to their children for not smoking.
• C)explain why they are opposed to smoking and then allow their children to decide for themselves whether they will smoke or not.
• D)forbid their children to see,talk about,or have any contact with cigarettes or other tobacco products.

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Definitions:

SSB

This could refer to several things depending on context; if in statistical analysis, it might not be a standard abbreviation. NO.

SSE

Sum of Squared Errors; a measure used in statistical analysis to quantify the discrepancy between the data and an estimation model.

Sum of Squares Values

A statistical measure that quantifies the total squared deviation of each observation from the mean, used in various analyses like variance calculation.

SSB

Sum of Squares Between groups; a measure used in statistical analysis to quantify the variance among different groups.