A researcher found a relationship between the crime rate in a large city and the phases of the moon and incorrectly concluded that the gravitational pull of the moon caused this crime behavior. This researcher's error is due to his failure to distinguish between __________ and causation
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
correlation
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The ordinate of a normal distribution is often labeled
a. frequency. b. X. c. density. d. proportion.
Although lung cancer is not common, about _______ percent of all lung cancers occur in smokers
A. 10 B. 25 C. 40 D. 80
Caleb believes that stealing from another is wrong and there is no reason for a person to steal. Even if a person were starving and near death, he or she should not steal food. Which of the following best describes Caleb's cognitive pattern?
a. dualistic thinking b. multiple thinking c. hypothesis testing d. deductive reasoning
Zurcher's concept of emotional scripts most closely resembles what other concept reviewed in this chapter?
A) emotion rules B) emotional energy C) feeling rules D) sentiment