A "cause" is something that makes something change.
An "effect" is something that changes.
A "relationship" is a link.
So a cause-effect relationship is a link between an event at some earlier time and something that changes as a result of that earlier event.
When Gavrilo Princip shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, a series of events unfolded that led to the First World War. You could say that Princip's action was the cause of the deaths of millions of people and the collapse of 4 empires - and even the Second World war and the deaths of millions more innocent people. Had he been able to foresee the cause-effect relationship one might hope that he would not have carried through his murderous action.
A cause and effect relationship is one thing happening because of another. An example of a cause and effect relationship is the ground being wet after it rains. The cause is the rain and the effect is the ground being wet. The ground is wet because it rained.
adjectivenoting a relationship between actions or events such that one or more are the result of the other or others.
Example Sentences
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You go through hard and good times and some really from what i have been through, I am only 12,13 i a couple of months time and i have been through two serious relationships and the boy im with now is really fit and i think i really do love him because, im nervous but i still talk to him but everytime i see him my heart beats so much i just want to go over and snog him, but I get so nervous with of his mates around but I still talk to him loads. But if you saw my sister she is 18 and in love and you can see it clearly but dont rush things!xxx
John 9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? see related link "Causality - Wikipedia"
The effect occurs before the cause.
Cause is something that happens and the effect is the outcome.
experimental design
you learn to like them
The only cause is when two gay people meet and fall in love. The effect is happiness.
The experiment
Often, psychologists carry out core relational research. This is really the only way that they can establish cause and effect relationships.
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True
correlational
It cannot be used to demonstrate cause and effect relationships.
An earlier event causes a late one "Apex"