Question

An extensive survey revealed that children with relatively high self-esteem tend to picture God as kind and loving, whereas those with lower self-esteem tend to perceive God as angry. The researchers concluded that the children's self-esteem had apparently influenced their views of God. This conclusion best illustrates the danger of ____________________
a) failing to construct a scatterplot.
b) generalizing from extreme examples.
c) being influenced by a confounding variable.
d) assuming that association proves causation.

Answer 1

Answer:

d) assuming that association proves causation              

Explanation:

By association proves causation, it means that there is a relationship between two different variables. Fundamentally, for the association to occur, there must be the causation that needs to be distinguished.

The term causation specifies that one event leads to the occurrence of the other event, hence there is a causal relationship between the two different events.

Here, in the question above, the survey revealed a causal relationship between self-esteem and a child's view towards God.