A correlational design can be useful because it helps to determine
A) the effect one variable has on another.
B) the role of one variable in the development of another.
C) the degree of the relationship between two variables.
D) causal influences.
C
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Which of the following people exemplifies characteristics that high levels of situation-specific self-efficacy can predict?
A. Someone who has increased their happiness. B. Someone who has low levels of anxiety. C. Someone who has a lower pain tolerance. D. Someone who is unlikely to become divorced.
Mutations a. always have negative outcomes
b. always have positive outcomes. c. can have positive, negative, or neutral outcomes. d. have neither positive nor negative outcomes, because they are always recessive.
Psychologists who study children's cognitive development in a range of environments have found that
A. the cognitive skills of disadvantaged children can be improved by providing the children with extra lessons, stimulating materials, and educational contact with sensitive adults. B. preschool programs have robust and enduring effects. C. the environment does not influence cognitive development beyond the first two years of life. D. once intellectual development has been impaired, there is no hope of reversing the damage.
People demonstrate confirmation bias by
(a) focusing on positive information (b) not considering alternatives (c) not looking for contrary facts (d) explaining contrary facts away (e) all of the above