Which of the Following Statements About an Adolescent's Peer Relationships

question 90

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about an adolescent's peer relationships is true?

• A) Both young men and women who have a more positive relationship with their mother later have more positive intimate relationships with others.
• B) Military service tends to reduce the ability to form intimate relationships.
• C) Gay young men tend to have more male than female friends.
• D) Girls can effectively use direct aggression to exclude other girls from their social circle.

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Definitions:

Main Effect

The direct impact of an independent variable on a dependent variable in an experiment.

Factorial Research

A type of experimental design where two or more factors (independent variables) are simultaneously varied to observe their effect on a dependent variable.

Independent Variables

Variables in a study that are manipulated or categorized to investigate their effect on dependent variables.

Dependent Variable

The outcome variable that researchers study, measuring its changes as affected by other variables.