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RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND DESCRIPTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Suppose psychologists discovered that wealthy people are less satisfied with their marriages than poor people are. This would indicate that wealth and marital satisfaction are
A
causally related.
B
negatively correlated.
C
independent variables.
D
positively correlated.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -According to the question there is negative correlation between the wealth and the psychological disorder. This means that the poor people and people belong to the poverty background has high chance to suffer from the psychological disorder.

Detailed explanation-2: -If psychologists discovered that intelligent parents have smarter children than unintelligent parents, this would demonstrate that: the intelligence of parents and children is positively correlated.

Detailed explanation-3: -Uses for Humanistic Psychology Humanistic psychology focuses on each individual’s potential and stresses the importance of growth and self-actualization.

Detailed explanation-4: -The hindsight bias involves the tendency people have to assume that they knew the outcome of an event after the outcome has already been determined.

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