Carly is conducting a study in which she is examining the relationship between teacher immediacy and learning outcomes. Carly finds that as teacher immediacy increases, student learning outcomes also increase, to a point. At a certain level, if teacher immediacy becomes too high, student learning outcomes actually decrease. What type of relationship has Carly found?
A)positive
B)negative
C)mediated
D)curvilinear

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Carly has found a curvilinear relationship, as the relationship between teacher immediacy and student learning outcomes increases positively up to a point, but then decreases after reaching a certain level of immediacy, indicating a non-linear relationship.

Carly Is Conducting a Study in Which She Is Examining