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Psychologists typically use a statistic called ____ to denote the strength and direction of the relationship between two variables.
 
  a. a p-value
  b. lambda
  c. coefficient alpha
  d. a correlation coefficient

Question 2

One theory suggests that positive emotions function to buffer people against future hard times by expanding people's current attention and mind-set (e.g., making them relatively creative, exploratory, and adventurous). This theory is known as ____.
 
  a. the broaden-and-build theory
  b. the hedonic treadmill theory
  c. the affect-as-information hypothesis
  d. excitation transfer



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

A



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