A researcher wants to test whether the attachment of a child to a primary caregiver will predict how trusting that child will be in future romantic relationships. She uses a self-report measure of the participant's relationships when they were young and a Likert scale measuring their trust behavior as adults. What kind of research design is this?
A) Experimental
B) Empirical
C) Descriptive
D) Correlational

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This is a correlational study because it seeks to determine whether there is a relationship between two variables: attachment to a primary caregiver in childhood and trust in adult romantic relationships. It does not manipulate any variables, which would be characteristic of an experimental design.

A Researcher Wants to Test Whether the Attachment of a Child