A clinical psychologist who works with individuals also conducts research. This clinician is interested in the impact of attachment style on a person’s perceptions of their mothers.The researcher administered an attachment style questionnaire to 18 participants and based on the results categorized them into one of 3 distinct groups: secure, avoidant, or anxious. Those that are securely attached easily get close to others while those that are avoidant tend to value independence and freedom and those that are anxious have difficulties trusting others. The researcher then asks all participants to rate their mothers on a scale measuring the degree to which they perceive their mother to be malevolent (spiteful) with higher scores meaning higher malevolence. The results are presented in Table 3. Using the 0.05 alpha level and all the steps of hypothesis testing, is there a significant difference in perceptions of their mother’s malevolence depending on how attached they are? secure avoidant anxious 3 5 10 2 7 12 4 8 11 1 6 10 0 9 13 2 6 12
A clinical psychologist who works with individuals also conducts research. This clinician is interested in the impact of attachment style on a person’s perceptions of their mothers.The researcher administered an attachment style questionnaire to 18 participants and based on the results categorized them into one of 3 distinct groups: secure, avoidant, or anxious. Those that are securely attached easily get close to others while those that are avoidant tend to value independence and freedom and those that are anxious have difficulties trusting others. The researcher then asks all participants to rate their mothers on a scale measuring the degree to which they perceive their mother to be malevolent (spiteful) with higher scores
| secure | avoidant | anxious |
| 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | 8 | 11 |
| 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | 6 | 12 |
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