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question 9

Essay

Suppose you read an article that indicates that there is a strong positive correlation between the number of friends a child has and a child's level of school satisfaction (i.e., how much a child likes school). Do you believe this association is correlation or causation? Make an argument that this association is a causal one, being sure to explain what you believe is the direction

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Definitions:

Belief Perseverance

The tendency to maintain one's belief even after it has been discredited or proven wrong.

Interactionist Theories

Approaches that emphasize how individuals and society interact, shaping personal identity and social structures through this interplay.

Language Development

The process by which children come to understand and communicate language during early childhood.

Functional Fixedness

A bias in cognition that confines a person to employ an object exclusively in its customary use, obstructing the process of generating creative solutions.