According to the ________ principle, people should attribute a behavior to a causal factor if that factor is present whenever the behavior occurs, but is absent whenever the behavior does not occur

FIll in the blank with correct word.


Answer: covariation

Psychology

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a. Brianna likes Autumn. b. Brianna doesn't like Autumn. c. Autumn likes Brandon. d. Autumn likes Brianna.

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Costa and McCrae argue that personality traits undergo significant changes between young and old adulthood.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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According to research presented in the text, mothers are more likely to hold infants for

, whereas fathers are more likely to hold infants for ______. a. play; caretaking b. caretaking; play c. social acceptance; self-gratification d. self-gratification; social acceptance

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Kelsey measures how much people enjoy a new workout DVD that was just released and correlates those scores with their motivation to exercise. Contrary to her hypothesis that video enjoyment and exercise motivation would be positively correlated, she did not find a significant r. She notices that on her 5-point video enjoyment scale, everyone rates the video at a 4 or a 5. What could explain her nonsignificant findings?

a. A nonlinear relationship b. Outliers c. High Type I error d. Restriction of range

Psychology