Prejudice Against Others Because of Their Age, Especially Prejudice Against

question 57

Multiple Choice

Prejudice against others because of their age, especially prejudice against older adults, is known as

• A) ageism.
• B) adultism.
• C) racism.
• D) adultcentrism.

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Definitions:

Right-Skewed

Describes a distribution of data where the tail on the right side of the distribution is longer or fatter than the left side, indicating that the mean is greater than the median.

Standard Deviation

The square root of the variance, measuring the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean.

Mean

The mathematical calculation where you add all the numbers in a set and divide by the number of elements to find the average.

Mound-Shaped Distribution

A data distribution that is symmetric and bell-shaped, often resembling the normal distribution but not necessarily having its mathematical properties.