Lauren's Research Focuses on How the Boys and Girls at a Childcare

question 91

Multiple Choice

Lauren's research focuses on how the boys and girls at a childcare centre are treated differently by the monitors. She wants to see how the differential treatment might make the children behave differently. Lauren's research is from which perspective?

• A) Symbolic interactionism
• B) Functionalism
• C) Conflict theory
• D) Feminist theory

Understand the implications of correlating numerical rankings to infer relationships between variables.

Comprehend the difference between parametric and nonparametric statistical tests concerning underlying data assumptions.

Learn the methodology of applying the Friedman test for comparison across multiple groups in matched or paired samples.

Grasp the criteria for choosing appropriate statistical tests based on the type and distribution of the data.

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Definitions:

Frustration-Aggression Principle

A psychological theory suggesting that frustration often leads to aggressive behavior as the individual seeks to eliminate the source of their frustration.

Scapegoat Theory

A social psychology concept that explains the tendency to blame someone else for one's own problems, often leading to feelings of prejudice against the person or group that one is blaming.

Just-World Phenomenon

The cognitive bias that a person's actions are inherently inclined to bring morally fair and fitting consequences to that person, to the end of all noble actions being eventually rewarded and all evil actions punished.

Attribution Theory

A psychological theory that seeks to explain how individuals infer the causes of their own and others' behavior, attributing them to internal dispositions or external situations.