Media portrayals of women (movies, televisions shows, and magazines) typically show women who are 15 percent below the average woman's weight. Women who view these images tend to have higher levels of body dissatisfaction. It would be easy to conclude tha
A) Replicability
B) Ruling out rival hypotheses
C) Falsifiability
D) Correlation vs. causation
Correct. It is also possible that women who already have low body satisfaction look to these idealized portrayals of women as a function of their dissatisfaction with their own bodies.
Answer: D
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According to the developmental psychopathological perspective described in the text,
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