Hector plays golf every Saturday.His wife,Alicia,notices that after a winning round,Hector tends to play with the kids.After a losing round,he tends to watch television by himself.According to ________ ,over time,Alicia is likely to conclude that Hector's golf games can exert a causal effect on his behavior at home.

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Hector plays golf every Saturday.His wife,Alicia,notices that after a winning round,Hector tends to play with the kids.After a losing round,he tends to watch television by himself.According to ________ ,over time,Alicia is likely to conclude that Hector's golf games can exert a causal effect on his behavior at home.

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The covariation principle states that people determine the causal relationship between variables by looking at the pattern of covariation between them. In this case, Alicia is observing a consistent pattern between Hector's golf game outcomes and his behavior at home, which would lead her to conclude that there is a causal effect between the two. The other answer choices are not relevant to this scenario.

Hector Plays Golf Every Saturday