Professor Gordon finds that students who read newspapers daily display more knowledge of current events than students who do not read newspapers daily. What type of evidence does this identification of a cause of behavior exemplify?
A. elimination of alternative explanations
B. cognitive awareness
C. covariation of cause and effect
D. temporal precedence of cause
Answer: C
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