If We Were to Find That the Correlation Between Height

question 15

Multiple Choice

If we were to find that the correlation between height and anxiety was negative, we would predict that:

• A) taller people would tend to be more anxious.
• B) shorter people would tend to be more anxious.
• C) shorter people would tend to be less anxious.
• D) height and anxiety are unrelated.

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Definitions:

Gestalt Psychology

A psychological approach that emphasizes understanding the whole context or pattern rather than its individual components, often summarized by the phrase "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts."

Transactional Analysis

A psychoanalytic theory and method of therapy wherein social transactions are analyzed to determine the ego state of the communicator as a basis for understanding behavior.

Behaviorism

A theory of learning based on the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning, emphasizing observable behaviors over internal phenomena like thoughts and feelings.

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach developed by Sigmund Freud that aims to explore the unconscious mind to resolve repressed conflicts and psychological problems.