Biyu Wants to Know Whether Parental Divorce Predicts Lower Social

question 11

Multiple Choice

Biyu wants to know whether parental divorce predicts lower social adjustment for middle schoolers.She thinks divorce will influence adjustment indirectly through a decrease in interpersonal skills among children in divorced families.She also hypothesizes that the influence of parental divorce on school adjustment will be stronger for boys than for girls.To test for moderation in her hypotheses,Biyu should test whether

• A)interpersonal skills interact with child's gender.
• B)gender interacts with social adjustment.
• C)interpersonal skills interact with parental divorce.
• D)child's gender interacts with parental divorce.

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Definitions:

Neurons

Specialized cells within the nervous system responsible for conveying information to other nerve cells, muscles, or glands.

Autonomic Nervous System

The part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs (such as the heart). Its sympathetic division arouses; its parasympathetic division calms.

Sympathetic Nervous System

The division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body, mobilizing its energy in stressful situations.

Parasympathetic Nervous System

The division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body, conserving its energy.