A Study by Bettmann (2007) Published in the Journal of the American

question 77

Multiple Choice

A study by Bettmann (2007) published in the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association assessed whether the attachment relationships between adolescents and their parents change as a result of a residential wilderness treatment experience for the adolescents.Participants completed the Adolescent Attachment Questionnaire at the start and at the end of the wilderness program.Which statistical test should be used to determine whether the wilderness treatment affected attachment relationships?

• A) single-sample t test
• B) z test
• C) effect size test
• D) paired-samples t test

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Definitions:

Prospect Theory

A theory in behavioral economics that evaluates how people choose between probabilistic alternatives that involve risk, where the probable outcomes are known.

Diminishing Marginal Utility

The principle that as a consumer increases the consumption of a good or service, the marginal utility obtained from each additional unit of the good or service decreases.

Loss Averse

The tendency of individuals to prefer avoiding losses to acquiring equivalent gains, a fundamental behavior observed in economic and financial decision-making.

Framing Effect

A cognitive bias in which the way information is presented affects decision-making or judgments, leading individuals to alter their interpretation based on the "frame" of reference.