Which of the Following Statements About Personality Changes Is False

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about personality changes is false?

• A) College students are increasingly having an internal locus of control.
• B) Children in the 1980s had as much anxiety as mental patients did in the 1950s.
• C) The degree of extraversion has increased over time.
• D) Certain traits typically considered to be consistent have decreased for both sexes.

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Definitions:

Critical Value

A threshold value used in hypothesis testing to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis, based on the statistical model used.

Level of Significance

A threshold within statistical hypothesis testing that determines whether to accept or reject the null hypothesis, paralleling the concept of a significance level but emphasizing its critical value in analysis.

Means

The average of a set of values, calculated by dividing the sum of the values by the number of values.

Populations

Refers to the entire group of individuals or items that are the subject of a statistical study.