exaggeration

n. the act of embellishing or overstating a quality or characteristic of a person, thing, or situation. It is often a defensive reaction in which the individual justifies questionable attitudes or behavior through overstatement, such as dramatizing the oppressive acts of a parent as a means of justifying rebellious behavior.

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October 6th 2024

dependent samples

sets of data that are related owing to their having been collected from the same group on two or more occasions (as with a pre- and posttest), or from two or more sets of individuals who are related or otherwise closely associated (e.g., parents and their children). Also called correlated samples; dependent groups; related samples. Compare independent samples.