A researcher identifies that a certain community has a high rate of obesity. He conducts a study to determine if people would increase their overall activity in that community if a park were built there. What type of research did this researcher conduct?
A. basic research
B. applied research
C. qualitative research
D. quantitative research
Answer: B
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a. psychodynamic b. trait c. behavioristic d. humanistic
Piaget studied children's performance on a variety of problems, including the three-mountains problem and the class-inclusion problem. Choose either the three-mountains problem or the class-inclusion problem
Describe the features of the problem, give an example of how a child in the preoperational period might solve the problem, and discuss how Piaget interpreted preoperational children's performance on the problem. What will be an ideal response?
The square root of the estimated population variance is the estimated population _____
a. range b. standard deviation c. median d. mode
Describe the transtheoretical model of behavior change, and briefly describe each stage
What will be an ideal response?