Describe and Compare Correlational Research and Experimental Research

question 73

Essay

Describe and compare correlational research and experimental research.What key advantage does experimental research have over correlational research?

Appreciate the developmental and age-related changes in gender roles and behaviors.

Examine the biological influences on gender differences, including genetics and physiology.

Understand the differences in interaction patterns and preferences between males and females.

Identify gender-related differences in relationship dynamics and communication styles.

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies unconsciously used to protect a person from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings.

Repression

A defense mechanism where unpleasant thoughts, memories, or desires are kept out of conscious awareness.

Oedipus Complex

A psychoanalytic theory introduced by Sigmund Freud, which suggests that a child has unconscious sexual desires for their opposite-sex parent and hostility toward the same-sex parent.

Conscience

An inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.