Patterson's Coercion Theory Specifies That Being Rejected by Peers Is

question 60

Multiple Choice

Patterson's coercion theory specifies that being rejected by peers is one important step along the road to chronic delinquency--one that is likely to

• A) cause the child to develop a hostile attributional bias
• B) lead to academic failure
• C) cause the child to prefer other rejected peers and to become part of a deviant peer clique
• D) all of these

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Definitions:

P-Value

The probability of obtaining a test statistic at least as extreme as the one observed, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true, used in hypothesis testing to determine statistical significance.

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution or test without violating any constraint.

P-Value

It calculates the probability that the observed differences between groups in a study could have happened by chance, used in hypothesis testing.

Right Tailed

A term used in hypothesis testing to describe a test where the critical area, or the area of interest, is located in the right tail of the probability distribution.