How Should Adults Deal with a Child Who Has Encountered

question 103

Multiple Choice

How should adults deal with a child who has encountered death? They should _____.

• A) tell the child that the dead person or animal is just sleeping
• B) tell the child that it is best not to talk about things that are upsetting
• C) listen to the child with full attention when the child talks about the death
• D) quickly change the subject when the child talks about the death

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A statistical hypothesis that assumes no significant difference or effect exists within a set of given observations.

P-value

A measure in statistics that helps to determine the significance of results derived from a hypothesis test.

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true; a threshold for determining statistical significance, usually denoted by alpha (α).

Null Hypothesis

In statistics, a hypothesis that there is no significant difference or association between specified populations, any observed difference being due to sampling or experimental error.