Social psychologists must often balance the goal of discovering ...

[mpobi80]

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]

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.

[mpobi80]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[parshano]

Excellent