A Clinical Psychologist Has Observed That There Appears to Be

question 204

Multiple Choice

A clinical psychologist has observed that there appears to be an association between parental anger and childhood self-esteem.In particular,parents who score higher on ratings of anger and hostility tend to have children who have lower self-esteem.If this psychologist's impressions are correct,the relation between parental anger and childhood self-esteem would be an example of:

• A)positive correlation.
• B)causal correlation.
• C)negative correlation.
• D)random correlation.

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