Author Question: Compared to zero-order correlations between personality traits and risk of suicide, researchers have ... (Read 38 times)

mydiamond · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Compared to zero-order correlations between personality traits and risk of suicide, researchers have used multivariate approaches and found that multiple regression

a. complicates the overall assessment of the relation between personality traits and risk of suicide.
b. has led to useful models regarding factors associated with risk of suicide.
c. has led to identification of factors associated with risk of suicide but not to factors associated with student willingness to seek therapy.
d. revealed that there were no important differences in willingness to seek therapy across racial or ethnic groups.

Question 2

The research showing that people who watch violent television and movies also engage in more aggressive behavior involves

a. confirmation bias.
b. unstable predictor variables.
c. correlational studies.
d. heterogeneous subgroups.