Dr. Peters investigated the relationship between academic performance of middle school students and the length of recess in the school. The study revealed that the longer the periods of recess for students, the better were their performances. This study is indicative of a:
A. zero correlation.
B. positive correlation.
C. negative correlation.
D. cross-correlation.
Answer: B
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What is it?
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a. intergroup conflict. b. groups in environmental contexts. c. high-performance groups. d. leadership and group performance. e. intragroup conflict.
The most commonly used intelligence scale today is the ____
a. Stanford-Binet 5 (SB5) b. Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV) c. Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC-II) d. Rorschach Inkblot Test
Which of the following best describes the views of U.S. industrialists such as John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie regarding survival of the fittest?
a. The development of large corporations and the elimination of smaller ones simply demonstrates survival of the fittest and is not evil, but rather the result of the application of the laws of nature. b. Employers have an obligation to provide employees with ample money to satisfy their needs. Healthy, happy employees are likely to produce healthy, happy offspring who will, in turn, become the skilled workforce of the future. c. Wealthy industrialists should be permitted to encourage the brightest, hardest workers to have more children by paying them more for each child they have, thus increasing the pool of bright, hardworking individuals. d. Belief in the theory of evolution rather than in creation by a divine being invites the wrath of the divine being and therefore bad for business.