Which Statement About How Parents Behave Towards Children Is TRUE

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which statement about how parents behave towards children is TRUE?

• A)Children who are disobedient, angry, or challenging make it more difficult for parents to use authoritative parenting.
• B)Children who are compliant and positive in their behaviour make it more difficult for parents to use authoritative parenting.
• C)In resisting the demands of their parents, children may become so whiny that parents increase their assertiveness.
• D)Parents' use of spanking at age 1 predicts less child aggression at age 3.

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points, calculated as the average of the squared deviations from the mean.

Mean

A measure of central tendency that is calculated by adding up all the values in a set and then dividing by the number of values.

Standard Deviation

An appraisal of the diversity or spread level exhibited by a collection of figures.

Normally Distributed

Refers to a probability distribution which is evenly shaped around the mean, indicating that occurrences of data close to the mean are more common than occurrences of data distant from the mean.