Correlational Technique and Relationships. Psychology

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• Correlation

- A statistical technique that allows researchers to discover and predict relationships between variables of interest.

- Positive correlations exist when increases in one variable are matched by increases in the other variable

- Negative correlations exist when increases in one variable are matched by decreases in the other variable

- Correlations cannot prove cause-and-effect relationships.

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Social activities, interaction and social relations. Lections
Social norms. Law and morality as regulators of social relationships Lections
Formation of primary social relationships Lections
Causes of social change Lections
Emotions and Health Lections
The Phenomenological Approach Lections
Emotions and Micro Social Processes: Theodore Kemper Lections
Social Structural Effects on Emotions Lections
The History of Emotions Lections
The Psychology of Emotions Lections