A Developmental Psychologist Developed a Training Program to Encourage Children

question 144

Multiple Choice

A developmental psychologist developed a training program to encourage children to reduce their Internet usage.To examine its efficacy he recruited a sample of 120 children - of whom 60 were aged 11 years and 60 were aged 13.Half of the participants were randomly assigned to the training program and the amount of online usage was measured after one month.Findings were subjected to two-way ANOVA, from which the output was as follows: Which of the following statements is true?

• A)The nonsignificant main effect for age group tells us we can ignore age.
• B)The nonsignificant main effect for age group tells us we can ignore age so long as our alpha level is not significant.
• C)The nonsignificant main effect for age group tells us we can ignore age so long as our alpha level is less than .225.
• D)Despite the nonsignificant main effect for Age this IV is still relevant because it is implicated in a significant interaction effect.
• E)Age is relevant because maturation effects may lead to central limits on randomization.

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Definitions:

Demographic Shifts

Changes in the characteristics of a population over time, which can include age, ethnicity, gender distribution, and so forth.

Social Change

The transformation of culture, behavior, social institutions, and social structure over time, often seen as a necessary aspect of societal progress or development.

Emergent Norm Theory

A sociological hypothesis that posits individuals in a crowd behave not out of pre-existing norms, but from norms that emerge and are accepted within the crowd during the event.

Contagion Theory

A theory in social psychology that suggests ideas, attitudes, and emotions spread through a population like a contagious disease, influencing group behavior.