Luke Would Like to Know If There Is a Relationship

question 11

Multiple Choice

Luke would like to know if there is a relationship between the number of psychology courses people take and their level of empathy. He surveys a randomly selected group of college students. Each student indicates the number of psychology courses he or she has taken and then completes an empathy scale. Luke's research is best described as a(n)

• A) correlational study.
• B) experiment.
• C) prospective study.
• D) archival study.

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Definitions:

Self-Efficacy

An individual's belief in their own capability to execute behaviors necessary to produce specific performance attainments.

Positive Outcomes

Favorable or beneficial results arising from a particular course of action.

Self-Efficacy

The belief in one's ability to succeed in specific situations or accomplish a task.

Emotion-Focused

A coping strategy aimed at managing and dealing with the emotional response to a situation rather than attempting to change the situation itself.