Causal Ordering Is Difficult to Establish,but It Is Considered Valuable

question 27

Multiple Choice

Causal ordering is difficult to establish,but it is considered valuable because researchers often want to understand

• A)why something is happening,not simply that it is happening.
• B)our capacity to make our own choices and act autonomously.
• C)which variable came first,thus influencing another variable.
• D)how people report data differently if the researcher is present.

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Definitions:

Brain Development

The process involving the growth and maturation of the brain, influencing cognitive, motor, and emotional skills.

Sexual Orientation

A person's emotional, romantic, or sexual attraction to others, which can be towards the same sex, the opposite sex, both, or neither.

Fertile Females Theory

A hypothesis in evolutionary biology suggesting that certain behavioral or physical traits in females signal reproductive potential to males.

Fraternal Birth-Order Effect

A phenomenon where the more older brothers a man has, the higher his likelihood of being homosexual.