Given What We Know About the Development and Effects of Children's

question 17

Multiple Choice

Given what we know about the development and effects of children's sense of self, three of the following are likely scenarios. Which scenario is not likely to occur?

• A) Daniel knows he has many friends, but he wishes he were a better student.
• B) Almost daily, Ross vacillates between thinking of himself as being very smart and as being extremely stupid.
• C) Aaron thinks that kids his age don't like him, so he spends most of his spare time with his parents.
• D) Rex knows he's good in math and science but thinks of himself as a complete klutz when it comes to sports.

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Definitions:

Standard Normal Distribution

A normal distribution with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1, serving as a basis for comparison for other distributions.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of values, calculated by adding all the values together and dividing by the number of values.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values; a low standard deviation means the values are close to the mean, while a high standard deviation means the values are dispersed over a wider range.

Standard Normal Random Variable

A random variable with a mean of zero and a variance of one, following the standard normal distribution.