We Would Expect the Correlation Between Years of Smoking and Incidence

question 16

Multiple Choice

We would expect the correlation between years of smoking and incidence of lung cancer to be _____ whereas we would expect the correlation between mountain elevation and temperature to be _____.

• A) curvilinear; negative
• B) positive; negative
• C) negative; positive
• D) positive; curvilinear

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Definitions:

Norm Formation

The process by which new standards of behavior, attitudes, or beliefs become established within a social group.

Group Dynamics

The patterns of interaction, including the processes and behaviors, that occur within a group setting.

Experimental Social Psychology

A branch of psychology that uses experimental methods to study how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others.

Cognitive Dissonance

The mental discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time, leading to an alteration in one of the attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors to reduce the discomfort.