A researcher observes competitive behavior among children at a summer camp. She notes that "a child saying negative words to another child" is an example of verbally abusive competition. In this example, "a child saying negative words to another child" is ______.
A. the undesired behavior
B. a behavior that is likely to be observed
C. the behavior category
D. an operational definition for the behavior category
Answer: D
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a. interdependent b. multifaceted c. linked d. dependent
Suppose that Dr. Poonnamalee finds a correlation of +.68 between the amount of humor professors use and the grades that students earn in their classes. What can he appropriately conclude from this finding?
a. ?There is no meaningful relationship between these two variables. b. ?Greater use of humor is associated with higher grades. c. ?Greater use of humor is associated with lower grades. d. ?Humor, or the lack of it, causes student grades to be higher or lower.
The sexual double standard in Western society may lead to which of the following individuals' beliefs or attitudes about love?
A) Maria tells her friends that she picked up a guy at a bar because she was bored, not because she was in love. B) Rob believes love is something only girls talk about. C) Larry decides his feelings for his girlfriend must be love because his sexual attraction is so intense. D) Tatiana believes that love is something she will find when she is least expecting it.
Dr. Kieu wants to investigate whether children who eat a lot of processed sugar find it more difficult to sit still and concentrate in school than children who don't. She randomly divides all the children in the Edward L. Thorndike Elementary School into two groups. Group one is given a breakfast of Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs cereal and chocolate milk, and a midday snack of Jolt Cola and
Crunchy Sugar Granola Chews. Group two is given an identical breakfast and snack, but their food contains artificial sweeteners instead of processed sugar. Dr. Kieu records the behavior of each group of children on these diets for one month and compares them statistically. In this experiment, Dr. Kieu's independent variable is the A) children's behavior before and after their breakfasts and snacks. B) type of sweetener used in the children's breakfasts and snacks. C) children in group one. D) children in group two.