In the Field of Developmental Psychology,the Main Reason That the Correlational

question 43

Multiple Choice

In the field of developmental psychology,the main reason that the correlational method is used more often than experimental methods is because

• A)correlations are more effective at addressing the issue of cause.
• B)of ethical concerns.
• C)correlational research is significantly more scientifically rigorous.
• D)of the availability of computers.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly presented alongside an unconditioned stimulus that elicits a natural response.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the diminishing of a conditioned response when the reinforcement or association is removed.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Fear Conditioning

A behavioral paradigm in which organisms learn to predict aversive events, linking a neutral stimulus with a fear-inducing situation.