Which would be a positive correlation?
(a) the weight of clothing people tend to wear and temperature from 0 to 90
degrees
(b) age and shoe size in 20-year-old men
(c) age and distance run in one minute in adults from ages 30 to 90
(d) X and -2X
(e) age and how far a child can throw a ball in children 3 to 13
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a. ?Washburn b. ?Turner c. ?Watson d. ?Thorndike e. ?Yerkes
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A. If deception is not used, subjects might not be willing to participate. B. Prior research in this area has always used deception. C. She realizes that she is more likely to get financial support for her project. D. There are no other reasonable methods to conduct her research.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Few would disagree that human aggression is a very pressing social problem that leads to violent criminal acts, and that it is important to understand the causes of aggression before we can intervene to reduce it
How would a social psychologist approach this phenomenon? How would a social psychologist's approach differ from the approach of a personality psychologist or a sociologist? What will be an ideal response?