Which of the Following Statements Is an Example of Social

question 10

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is an example of social referencing?

• A)Jessica sucks her thumb when her brother takes away her favorite doll.
• B)Jose smiles when he opens a gift from his grandmother, even though he doesn't like the new shirt she has given him.
• C)Stacey hears her parents arguing and begins to cry.
• D)Henry looks up at his mother after he falls, and on seeing her content expression, gets up without crying.

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Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data during a hypothesis test used to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Sum Of Squares

The total squared deviation of each observation from the overall mean, used in statistics to measure variation within a dataset.

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