Restricting the Range of Two Variables Will Always Lower the Correlation

question 137

True/False

Restricting the range of two variables will always lower the correlation between them.

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Definitions:

Modelling Effect

The process by which individuals learn behaviors, norms, or attitudes by observing the actions of others, often significant in social learning theory.

Vicarious Learning Experience

Learning that occurs by observing the actions and consequences of others' behaviors rather than through direct experience.

Modelling

Tendency for a person to reproduce the actions, attitudes, and emotional responses exhibited by a real-life or symbolic model. Also called observational learning.

Social Loafing

A reduction in individual effort when working on a collective task (one in which our outputs are pooled with those of other group members) compared with working either alone or coactively (our outputs are not pooled).