Author Question: Social psychologists must often balance the goal of discovering important information about human ... (Read 33 times)

mpobi80 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Social psychologists must often balance the goal of discovering important information about human social behavior with the ethical issue of

a. random assignment to condition.
b. random selection from a population.
c. concern for the welfare of participants.
d. using replication and meta-analysis.

Question 2

A developmental psychologist who used the correlational method found that there was a positive correlation between children's self-esteem and their academic achievement.

First, what does a positive correlation mean in this case? Second, how might these results be explained?

What will be an ideal response?

samiel-sayed · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A positive correlation in this case means that children with high (low) self-esteem also manifest high (low) academic achievement. Results could be explained in a number of ways: (1) high self-esteem gives children confidence, so they try harder and achieve more; (2) high achievement boosts children's self-confidence and self-esteem; (3) some third variable such as parental involvement or intelligence might cause both self-esteem and achievement to be correlated.