Which of the Following Is FALSE

question 50

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is FALSE?

• A) Only women are likely to seek social support during a crisis because of the opposing forces of the "fight-or-flight" and "tend-and-befriend" responses.
• B) Females evolved a "tend-or-befriend" response because pregnancy and caring for young children makes fighting or fleeing difficult.
• C) Under stress, women are likely to seek out others, especially other women.
• D) Nurturing behavior ("tending") improves immune function in mammals.

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Definitions:

Wilcoxon Rank-sum Test

A nonparametric statistical test used to compare the medians of two independent samples, especially when the data are not normally distributed.

Kruskal-Wallis Test

A method that does not rely on parameter assumptions to determine if samples come from the same distribution, employed when the conditions for ANOVA are not satisfied.

Test Statistic T

A value calculated from sample data used in hypothesis testing to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Normally Distributed

Describes a distribution of data that follows the normal distribution pattern, characterized by a symmetrical bell-shaped curve.