Simister and Cooper decided to find out if there is a relationship between crime and the weather. They obtained data on temperatures and criminal activity in Los Angeles over a four-year period. When they graphed air temperature and the frequency of aggravated assaults, they found that assaults and temperatures rise and fall more or less in parallel. Simister and Cooper conducted a(n) __________
study.
a. naturalistic observation
b. statistical inventory
c. correlational
d. experimental
C
Psychology
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Psychology
Darwin's theory of ________ argues that evolution favors those organisms that are best adapted to their environment
a. encephalization b. bipedalism c. specialization d. natural selection e. creationism
Psychology