A negative correlation between degree of wealth and likelihood of suffering from a psychological disorder would indicate that

A) poverty makes people vulnerable to psychological disorders.
B) people who are poor are more likely to have a psychological disorder than are wealthy people.
C) psychological disorders usually prevent people from accumulating wealth.
D) all of these statements are correct.

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Final Answer : B, Explanation :  A negative correlation means that as one variable decreases, the other variable increases. In this case, it means that as wealth decreases, the likelihood of suffering from a psychological disorder increases. Therefore, option B, which states that people who are poor are more likely to have a psychological disorder than are wealthy people is the correct answer. Option A is incorrect because it implies that poverty causes psychological disorders, whereas the correlation only indicates an association between the two variables. Option C is also incorrect because it suggests that people with psychological disorders cannot accumulate wealth, which may not be necessarily true.

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