Unit 1: Concepts
Topic 1.2: Causality Questions
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Assigning participants to groups by chance is:
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Why is "A causes B" often too simple for human behaviour?
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"People who own dogs are happier."
A critic replies that happy people may be more likely to get a dog. What is the critic suggesting?
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Which is the ODD ONE OUT: not a reason a correlation might not be causal?
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Which type of study can show that one thing causes another?
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Practising the piano makes a child better, and being better makes practice more enjoyable, so she practises more. What is this cycle?
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Which is the ODD ONE OUT: not needed to show cause in an experiment?
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Match each pair to whether it is one-way or bidirectional.
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Towns with more churches have more crime, because bigger towns have more of both. What is the size of the town here?
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High internal validity means we are confident that:
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Which is a bidirectional relationship, not a one-way one?
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Match each part of an experiment to its job.
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A bidirectional relationship is one where:
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Distinguish between correlation and causation.
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Explain why a correlational study cannot show that one variable causes another. Use an example.
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A study reports that children who play more video games are more aggressive, and concludes that video games cause aggression.
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