Which Statement Best Describes Developmental Changes in Rigidity/flexibility of Gender

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes developmental changes in rigidity/flexibility of gender stereotypes?

• A) quite rigid until adolescence; then more flexible
• B) quite flexible until adolescence; then very rigid
• C) quite flexible until age 7 or 8; then more rigid until adolescence
• D) quite rigid until age 7 or 8; then more flexible until adolescence

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Definitions:

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on a random sample, central to inferential statistics for estimating population parameters.

Center

In statistics, the central tendency of a dataset, which is a measure that seeks to define the most typical or representative value of the dataset, like the mean, median, or mode.

Sampling Variability

The extent to which the statistic obtained from different samples for the same population varies.

Sample Mean

The average value of a set of observations sampled from a larger population.