A Frequent Complaint Made by Parents About Communication with Teachers

question 36

Multiple Choice

A frequent complaint made by parents about communication with teachers is that

• A)they are not notified about meetings until the last minute.
• B)teachers interrupt them at work to ask questions about their child's routine.
• C)they only hear from school personnel when their child has misbehaved.
• D)teachers do not respond promptly to parents' requests for information.

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Definitions:

Outgroup Homogeneity

The perception that members of an outgroup are more similar to each other than they actually are, often attributed to a lack of personal familiarity.

Group Attribution

The tendency to ascribe certain qualities, behaviors, or outcomes to a group as a whole, rather than to its individual members.

Ingroup Differentiation

Refers to the process by which members of a group distinguish themselves from other members in the same group based on roles, tasks, or characteristics.

Law of Small Numbers

The law of small numbers is the cognitive bias that leads people to draw broad conclusions from a small set of data or experiences, potentially misrepresenting the larger picture.