An Extensive Survey Revealed That Children with Relatively High Self-Esteem

Multiple Choice

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.