Instead of Grabbing, Hitting, or Insisting That Another Child Obey

question 113

Multiple Choice

Instead of grabbing, hitting, or insisting that another child obey, 5- to 7-year-olds tend to

• A) tattle on the child since they are unable to resolve disagreements without adult intervention.
• B) verbally threaten the child and later exclude the child from play groups.
• C) rely on friendly persuasion and compromise, to think of alternative strategies when one does not work, and to resolve disagreements without adult intervention.
• D) first bribe the child, and if that strategy fails, they seek adult intervention.

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Definitions:

Alternative Hypothesis

A statement in hypothesis testing that proposes a significant difference, effect, or relationship exists in the population, opposing the null hypothesis.

Test Statistic

A statistic whose calculated value is used to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis in a hypothesis test.

Population Distribution

The distribution of a characteristic within an entire population, described by parameters such as mean, variance, and standard deviation.

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis that suggests there is no statistical significance between two variables, often used as a default hypothesis in testing.