Consider the following research question:

A psychologist wants to examine the relationship between hunger and helping behavior.
 

Consider the following research question:

A researcher wants to examine the relationship between boredom and the ability to perform a mental task

Consider the following research question:

A researcher wants to examine the relationship between happiness and performance in school.
 

Consider the following research question:

A psychologist wants to examine the relationship between physical exhaustion and interpersonal attraction.
 

Consider the following research question:

A researcher wants to examine the relationship between group membership and prejudicial attitudes.
 

1.) Design a correlational study to examine this relationship.
 
 
 
 
 

2.) Would you expect a positive or negative correlation between these two variables?  Suggest at least three different causal explanations for this correlation (HINT-- X causes Y, Y causes X, Z causes X and Y).
 
 
 
 
 
 

3.) Design an experimental study that could examine this relationship.
 
 
 

- What are the conceptual independent and dependent variables?
 
 

- What are the operational independent and dependent variables?
 
 
 
 
 

4.) Which of the two studies you designed does your group prefer and why?
 
 

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