A Clinical Psychologist Has Observed That There Appears to Be

Multiple Choice

A clinical psychologist has observed that there appears to be an association between parental anger and childhood self-esteem. In particular, parents who score higher on ratings of anger and hostility tend to have children who have lower self-esteem. If this psychologist's impressions are correct, the relation between parental anger and childhood self-esteem would be an example of a

A) positive correlation
B) causal correlation
C) negative correlation
D) random correlation