Professor Miller Has Found the Correlation Between a Person's "Need

question 36

Multiple Choice

Professor Miller has found the correlation between a person's "need for affiliation" found by taking a test to determine the need to be with others) and the number of hours spent watching television is −0.69.He should conclude

• A)as we observe people with higher and higher need for affiliation, we see a tendency for those people to spend less and less time watching television.
• B)there is not much of a relationship between the two variables because the r is negative.
• C)as we observe people with higher and higher need for affiliation, we see a tendency for those people to spend more and more time watching television.
• D)the people who watch more television tend to have more need to be around others.

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Definitions:

Double-Sided Reflection

In motivational interviewing, a technique that acknowledges what a client has said but also introduces an alternative perspective to consider.

Ambivalence

The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

Ambivalence

The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory attitudes towards something or someone.

Reactance

A psychological response where an individual feels a need to regain freedom in response to situations or regulations perceived as limiting personal choice.