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A researcher found a relationship between the crime rate in a large city and the phases of the moon and incorrectly concluded that the gravitational pull of the moon caused this crime behavior. This researcher's error is due to his failure to distinguish between __________ and causation.


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Snake

A legless, carnivorous reptile with a long, slender body covered in scales, belonging to the suborder Serpentes.

Observational Learning

A learning process that occurs through observing the behavior of others and the outcomes of that behavior.

Cognitive Learning

Learning based upon mental processes, such as thinking, memory, understanding, and reasoning, rather than by emotional or instinctual responses.

Classical Conditioning

The development of understanding through the combination of a naturally present stimulus and one from the environment.

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