The Most Appropriate Use of a Correlational Study Is to ____.​

question 53

Multiple Choice

The most appropriate use of a correlational study is to ____.​

• A)​generate hypotheses
• B)​draw conclusions
• C) ​change public policy
• D) ​validate previous studies

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Definitions:

Inferiority Complex

A psychological condition wherein a person feels profoundly inadequate, often resulting from real or imagined criticism.

Neo-Freudian

Neo-Freudian refers to psychologists and theorists who adopted and adapted Freud's original psychoanalytic theory, emphasizing social and cultural determinants of behavior over innate biological urges.

Alfred Adler

Austrian psychiatrist who founded the school of individual psychology, emphasizing the importance of feelings of inferiority and the creative self in personality development.

Rationalization

A defense mechanism where controversial behaviors or feelings are justified and explained in a seemingly rational or logical manner to avoid the true explanation.