In a Correlational Study

question 3

Multiple Choice

In a correlational study

• A) factors are manipulated to determine whether they are related.
• B) it is possible to determine whether there is a causal relationship between two variables.
• C) it is possible to determine whether two variables are related, but not whether there is a causal relationship between the variables.
• D) there is an independent variable and a dependent variable.

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Definitions:

Precausal Thinking

A cognitive process observed in young children where reasoning is not based on logical causality, but on intuition or superficial associations.

Egocentrism

The cognitive inability to understand that other people's views and perspectives are different from one's own.

Perspective

A viewpoint or angle from which something is considered or evaluated.

Piaget's Theory

A theory of cognitive development that outlines how children's abilities to think and reason progress through four distinct stages as they grow.