Which One of the Following Is Not a Reason That

question 27

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is not a reason that the cognitive changes of adolescence affect achievement?

• A) The cognitive changes of adolescence allow individuals to engage in longer-term, hypothetical thinking that affects many decisions that high school students will have to make.
• B) The personal fable inherent in adolescence will make it difficult for older high school students to realize that, if they do not hard try in school, they may not be accepted into their first- or second-choice universities.
• C) The cognitive changes of adolescence enable individuals to study subjects, such as algebra and other advanced math classes, which require more sophisticated cognitive abilities.
• D) Adolescents' increased future orientation allows individuals to think about and plan their long-term educational and occupational goals.

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Definitions:

Compare Populations

The statistical process of analyzing two or more groups to determine if there are significant differences between them, often through hypothesis testing or variance analysis.

Multiple Comparison Methods

Refers to statistical techniques used to evaluate differences among group means in a situation where multiple groups are being compared.

ANOVA

A statistical method (Analysis of Variance) used to compare means among three or more groups for significant differences.

Tukey's Multiple Comparison

Tukey's multiple comparison test is a statistical method used to find means that are significantly different from each other after performing an ANOVA, while controlling for Type I error across comparisons.