If the correlations between one's self-concept and academic performance were positive, we could say that
a. academic performance and self-concept are largely unrelated.
b. academic performance is an important cause of one's self-concept.
c. one's self-concept is an important cause of academic performance.
d. a self-concept and academic performance are related, but no causal relationship has been established.
d
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Which of the following statements is true about the different approaches to personality?
A. One must adhere to the same approach when giving explanations for different phenomena. B. The strength of some approaches in explaining behavior patterns makes up for the weaknesses of other approaches. C. The best way to show contradictions is to explain phenomena using different approaches. D. One need not align oneself with the same approach when explaining different phenomena.
If we assume that wealthy children all have nice homes with books, adequate nutrition, and time for play and exercise, we can also assume that the heritability of intelligence among wealthy children is _____ that among poor children.
A) similar to B) the same as C) much lower than D) much higher than