Social PsychologyMcGraw-Hill, 1993 - 682 pages |
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... correlate because those who have money can most easily afford college in the first place . Correlation versus Causation The education - earnings question illustrates the most irresistible thinking error made by both amateur and ...
... correlate because those who have money can most easily afford college in the first place . Correlation versus Causation The education - earnings question illustrates the most irresistible thinking error made by both amateur and ...
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... Correlation X Education Y Earnings Researchers have found a mod- est but positive correlation be- tween adolescents ' preference for heavy metal music and their having attitudes favorable to premarital sex , pornography , satanism , and ...
... Correlation X Education Y Earnings Researchers have found a mod- est but positive correlation be- tween adolescents ' preference for heavy metal music and their having attitudes favorable to premarital sex , pornography , satanism , and ...
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... CORRELATION , AND PERSONAL CONTROL Another influence on everyday thinking is our search for order in random events , a tendency that can lead us down all sorts of wrong paths . ILLUSORY CORRELATION It's easy to see a correlation where ...
... CORRELATION , AND PERSONAL CONTROL Another influence on everyday thinking is our search for order in random events , a tendency that can lead us down all sorts of wrong paths . ILLUSORY CORRELATION It's easy to see a correlation where ...
Contents
INTRODUCING SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
HOW WE DO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | 12 |
Searching for Cause and Effect | 20 |
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