Jan Decides to Study Overweight People

question 145

Multiple Choice

Jan decides to study overweight people. She designs a correlational study comparing weight level and heart disease. She finds that as weight level increases, so does heart
Disease. Jan's study has found a ______ correlation.

• A) random
• B) positive
• C) complementary
• D) negative

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Definitions:

Heuristic

A problem-solving approach using practical methods or various shortcuts to produce solutions that may not be optimal but are sufficient for immediate goals.

Subgoal Activation

The process by which smaller objectives are targeted in order to achieve larger, overarching goals.

Functional Fixedness

The cognitive bias that limits a person to using an object only in the way it is traditionally used.

Stepwise Incrimination

A gradual increase in criminal behavior or severity of crimes committed, often observed in serial offenders.