Dr. Personality is interested in examining the consistency of honest behaviors in children across a range of situations. He observes how likely they are to behave honestly during a classroom exercise, and then he also records how often they behaved honestly during a playground game. If Dr. Personality's results are like those of most researchers, about what degree of correlation for honest behaviors would be expected across the two situations?

A) .90
B) .30
C) .80
D) .75

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Munkhbayar Tuvshinsaikhan · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  Research on consistency of behavior across situations typically reports low to moderate correlations (around .20 to .40), indicating that behavior tends to vary depending on the specific situation. A correlation of .90 or .80 would indicate very high consistency in behavior, which is unlikely to be found in most research on this topic. A correlation of .75 is a high correlation, but still less likely to be found in research on consistency of behavior across situations. Therefore, the most likely answer is B, with a correlation around .30.

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