The Study of Parent‒child Attachment Was Prompted By

question 78

Multiple Choice

The study of parent‒child attachment was prompted by:

• A) interviews with parents of children with Down syndrome.
• B) observations of children growing up in orphanages in the 1940s.
• C) studies of aggression in monkeys.
• D) an analysis of children who were physically abused by their parents.

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Definitions:

Dependent Variable

A variable in an experiment or study that is dependent on other variables, typically the outcome or effect being measured.

Indicator Variable

A binary variable that takes the value of 1 if a certain condition is true and 0 if it is false, used in statistical analysis.

Interval Variable

An interval variable is a type of numerical data that is measured along a scale, where the distance between each point is uniform and meaningful, but does not have a true zero point.

Stepwise Regression

A method of regression analysis in which variables are added or removed from the model in a step-by-step manner based on specific criteria.