What does a correlation coefficient do?
a. It allows us to draw conclusions about whether one variable causes another variable.
b. It creates a correlational design, rather than an experimental design.
c. It quantifies the pattern in a relationship.
d. It summarizes the X scores and the Y scores separately.
C
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would refer to this kind of communicator as a(n) ________________. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Which statement concerning cognitive development in adolescence is true?
a. Working memory and processing speed are more childlike than adultlike. b. Working memory becomes adultlike, but processing speed remains childlike. c. Processing speed becomes adultlike, but working memory remains childlike. d. Working memory and processing speed are more adultlike than childlike.
Some have proposed that the personality disorders be replaced or supplemented by a dimensional model in which individuals would be rated on a series of personality dimensions as well as a categorical diagnosis. It is believed that this would have advantages over a purely categorical system. Which of the following would be such an advantage? a. It would retain more information about each
individual. b. It would be more flexible. c. It would avoid arbitrary decisions involved in assignment to a diagnostic category. d. All of the above
Describe the two categories or types of attributions. Then explain how the fundamental attribution error and self-serving bias affect our use of the two types of attributions
What will be an ideal response?