In a Study of the Relation Between Creativity and Intelligence

question 29

Multiple Choice

In a study of the relation between creativity and intelligence, a researcher administers a creativity test to fourth, sixth, and ninth grade students whose intelligence has just been measured. This is an example of _________ research.

• A) correlational
• B) archival
• C) survey
• D) case study

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Definitions:

Natural Selection

The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring, a key mechanism of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin.

Landscape Genetics

An interdisciplinary field that combines landscape ecology and population genetics to study the effects of the environment on the genetic variation of species.

Evolution

The mechanism by which diverse species of organisms are considered to have emerged and varied from their predecessors over the course of the Earth's history.

Genetic Drift

A mechanism of evolution that causes allele frequencies to change randomly over time due to chance events.