Dr. Personality is interested in examining the consistency of honest behaviors in children across a range of situations. He observes how likely they are to behave honestly during a classroom exercise, and then he also records how often they behaved honestly during a playground game. If Dr. Personality's results are like those of most researchers, about what degree of correlation for honest behaviors would be expected across the two situations?

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Research on consistency of behavior across situations typically reports low to moderate correlations (around .20 to .40), indicating that behavior tends to vary depending on the specific situation. A correlation of .90 or .80 would indicate very high consistency in behavior, which is unlikely to be found in most research on this topic. A correlation of .75 is a high correlation, but still less likely to be found in research on consistency of behavior across situations. Therefore, the most likely answer is B, with a correlation around .30.

Dr Personality Is Interested in Examining the Consistency of Honest