Suppose that a researcher found that as introversion (as measured on a standardized questionnaire) of participants goes up, number of social activities attended per week decreases. This finding represents:

Negative relationship

Explanation:

Introversion is known as the personality traits of different classes of individuals which focuses on what they feel internally other than external sources of stimulation. So when a researcher looks at this and finds out that it rightly increases while social activities decrease, then a negative relationship is being represented.  

In negative relationship or correlation, there is usually an inverse relationship or correlation between two variables under study such that when one increases, the other variable decreases.

Negative relationship

Explanation:

When research is conducted and the parameters that are reviewed show opposing trend the research has a negative relationship. The negative relationship usually occurs when the values of the quantities that are measured move in opposite directions, this means that as one quantity increases the other one increase.

The researcher found out that as the level of introversion increases there is a corresponding decrease in the number of social activities. In the illustration, the behaviors of the variables (Introversion and social activities) act in an opposing manner.

The increase in the level of introversion and the resulting decrease in social activities attended per week describes a negative relationship in research

a.. a conflict between her competing identities.. apex