A psychologist discovers a correlation between parents who smoke cigarettes and juvenile delinquency in their children, we can conclude that
a. parental smoking causes juvenile delinquency.
b. juvenile delinquents drive their parents to take up smoking.
c. both parental smoking and juvenile delinquency are caused by a third factor, such as socioeconomic status.
d. parental smoking and juvenile delinquency are related, but no causal relationship hasbeen established.
D
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A. a 1644 edict from the emperor forbidding tobacco smoking. B. religious opposition to the use of alcohol. C. widespread planting of opium poppies in China. D. miners and railroad workers returning from America brought the habit with them.
The _______________ occurs when a person begins to act in a manner consistent with the expectations placed upon him by others
a. behavioristic expectation b. individualistic expectation c. power distance d. self-fulfilling prophecy