If One Calculates a Correlation of -1

question 64

Multiple Choice

If one calculates a correlation of -1.20, this coefficient of correlation indicates that a

• A)perfect negative relationship exists.
• B)moderately strong relationship exists.
• C)weak correlation exists.
• D)miscalculation has occurred.

Grasp the basic principles of evolutionary personality psychology and the role of natural selection in shaping human characteristics, including personality.

Describe and understand the concept of cerebral asymmetry and its measurement techniques.

Analyze how individual differences in cerebral asymmetry can predict emotional responses.

Apply knowledge of evolutionary psychology to explain the existence of complex human emotions like anxiety.

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Definitions:

Selection Bias

A distortion of statistical analysis results due to the method of collecting samples, which might not be representative of the entire population.

Comparable

Similar or equivalent in some respects, though not identical, typically used for assessment or comparison.

Control

In experimental design, control refers to an experimental group that does not receive any experimental treatment in order to provide a baseline for measuring changes that might occur in other groups. As a goal of research, control refers to gaining information about human behavior in order to be able to predict and control it.