You and Your Spouse Want to Make It More Likely

question 97

Multiple Choice

You and your spouse want to make it more likely that your preschool child develops self-control. After reading about self-control in your textbook, you tell your spouse,

• A) "Honey, we need to be very strict with Junior."
• B) "Pumpkin pie, we need to do what we can to help Junior develop a concrete plan for resisting temptations."
• C) "Dear, we need to talk to Junior about temptations and explain to him why they are so attractive."
• D) "Babe, we're worrying about this a little early. Children can't develop self-control until they're at least elementary school-age."

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Definitions:

Reliable Results

Outcomes or findings from an experiment, research, or test that are consistently reproducible and dependable.

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Favorable results or effects achieved from a given action, strategy, or policy.

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Scientific Method

A systematic approach to research where the problem is identified, relevant data are gathered, a hypothesis is formulated from these data, and the hypothesis is empirically tested.