A Psychologist Finds That Most of the Juvenile Delinquents at the Facility

question 360

Multiple Choice

A psychologist finds that most of the juvenile delinquents at the facility where he counsels have parents who are smokers. If he concludes that parental smoking is the reason for these teens' behavior and poor choices, then he has

• A)made a sound conclusion based on scientific observation.
• B)confused correlation and causation.
• C)based his conclusion on unreliable sources of information.
• D)confused observation and inference.

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Offer

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