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mpobi80

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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.

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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?


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samiel-sayed

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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.


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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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