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Sufayan.ah

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Psychologists believe that intelligence is culture-specificthat intelligent behavior in one culture is not necessarily intelligent behavior in a different culture. Three of the following are aspects of intelligence regardless of the culture in which it is found. Which one is probably related to intelligence in some cultures but not in others?
 
  a. Applying prior knowledge to new situations
  b. Doing well in academic classroom activities
  c. Learning how to perform a new task quickly
  d. Adapting readily to new situations

Question 2

A psychologist conducts a research study and finds that children who have been regularly abused at home have more difficulty in school than nonabused children.
 
  a. Is this a descriptive, correlational, or experimental study? Justify your choice.
  b. Based on the study, the psychologist draws the conclusion that an abusive home life leads to poorer school performance in school. Is this conclusion justified? Why or why not?


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nekcihc358

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

Answers to the separate parts of the question are as follows:
a. It is a correlational study because it investigates the extent to which two variables, abuse and school performance, are associated.
b. The conclusion is not justified. Hard-and-fast conclusions about causeandeffect relationships cannot be drawn from correlational studies.


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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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:D TYSM

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