A High Correlation Between a Child's Behaviour (E

question 39

Multiple Choice

A high correlation between a child's behaviour (e.g., being aggressive) and that of her parents (e.g., spanking) indicates that

• A)the child's aggression caused the spanking.
• B)the spanking caused the aggression.
• C)shared aggressive genes, a third factor, caused the child's aggression and the parents' spanking.
• D)aggression and spanking are related, but correlations do not indicate causality.

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