Dr. Babineaux asks a sample of 8-year-old children to complete measures of several personality traits. When the same children are 14 years old, she asks them to complete measures of the same traits. Dr. Babineaux then computes correlation coefficients between the two sets of measures. Her results are most relevant to the _____ discussion.
A)stages or continuity
B)environment or heredity
C)stability or change
D)free will or determinism

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Dr. Babineaux's results are most relevant to the stability or change discussion in developmental psychology as she is studying whether the personality traits measured in childhood are still present in adolescence. Her correlation coefficients will indicate whether the traits are stable (remain the same) or change over time.

Dr Babineaux Asks a Sample of 8-Year-Old Children to Complete