If psychologists discovered that people who live in poverty have more aggressive children than wealthy people,this would clearly indicate that
A) poverty has a negative influence on children's behavior.
B) the factors that lead to poverty also cause aggressive behavior.
C) people's economic status and the aggressiveness of their children are negatively correlated.
D) all of these statements are correct.

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This discovery would indicate a negative correlation between people's economic status and the aggressiveness of their children, meaning as economic status decreases, the aggressiveness in children tends to increase. However, this does not necessarily imply causation (A and B), only a relationship between the two variables.

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