Dr Jones Explored the Effects of Children's Temperament and Parents

question 38

Multiple Choice

Dr. Jones explored the effects of children's temperament and parents' personality over time. She found that due to their ongoing interactions, children's temperament affected parents' personalities and parents' personalities affected the children's temperament. This affect is best described as ______.

• A) transactional
• B) unidirectional
• C) bidirectional
• D) multidirectional

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data points.

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a set of data, indicating the spread or dispersion of the values.

Median

The middle value in a set of numbers, which separates the higher half from the lower half of the dataset.

Mean

The mean value, determined by dividing the total sum of numbers in a series by the quantity of numbers in that series.