Methods Designed to Enforce Restrictions on Children Including Physical Punishment

question 71

Multiple Choice

Methods designed to enforce restrictions on children including physical punishment and denial of privileges are best termed ______.

• A) permission-compliant
• B) permissive-indulgent
• C) power-assertive
• D) authority-insistent

---

Definitions:

Construct Validity

The extent to which a test measures what it claims, or is purported, to be measuring.

Operational Definition

A clear, precise description of a variable in terms of the operations or techniques used to measure or manipulate it in a research study.

Variable

A characteristic, number, or quantity that increases or decreases over time, or takes different values in different situations.

Behavior Pattern

Repeated, often unconscious ways of acting or responding that become characteristic of a person over time.