Activity for the book
My Psychology
My Take: 1.2 Correlation-Causation Fallacy
View the
My Take
video and then answer the questions.
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Question 1
1
If a correlation (which is the result of a correlational study) cannot give us information about cause-and-effect relationships, what kind of research
can
help us understand causation?
Choice
A
,
case studies
Choice
B
,
naturalistic observation
Choice
C
,
experimentation
Choice
D
,
survey research
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Question 2
2
The young woman in the video noted that she incorrectly assumed that a particular action was causing her to do well on her examinations. What was that action?
Choice
A
,
wearing her “lucky” shirt
Choice
B
,
chewing gum
Choice
C
,
tapping her pencil
Choice
D
,
hugging her father before leaving the house
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Question 3
3
The biggest mistake that was central to all of the examples given in the video was that:
Choice
A
,
one event
caused
another event.
Choice
B
,
when one event occurs at the same time as another, they must both have been caused by a third, unrelated event.
Choice
C
,
different variables must move in the opposite direction.
Choice
D
,
different variables must move in the same direction.
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Question 4
4
Your Take!
Why do people see relationships that don’t exist? In other words, why do you think people assume a cause-and-effect relationship when such a relationship has not been demonstrated with real data?
Question 4
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