Professor Rodriguez found a strong positive relationship between the number of extra-curricular activities in high school and occupational success as an adult. She then controlled for the respondents' family class background upon beginning high school and the relationship vanished. In the elaboration paradigm, this is called

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The explanation pattern in the elaboration paradigm occurs when a third variable (in this case, family class background) is introduced and explains away the original relationship between two variables (extra-curricular activities and occupational success), indicating that the original relationship was spurious.

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