A Social Psychologist Is Interested in Studying Aggression in Sports

question 129

Multiple Choice

A social psychologist is interested in studying aggression in sports fans.He goes to various sporting events and keeps track of the number of aggressive acts that occur between fans using a well-defined coding system.This psychologist is using which of the following ways of measuring behaviour?

• A) self-report measures
• B) physiological measures
• C) behavioural observations
• D) scientific measures

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Definitions:

Forecasting

The process of making predictions about future events or trends based on historical data or analysis.

Seasonal

Relating to or occurring at a specific season of the year, often causing fluctuations or patterns in data or activity.

Time Series

A sequence of data points collected or recorded at successive points in time, typically at equally spaced intervals.

Three-period Moving Average

A calculation to analyze data points by creating a series of averages of three subsets of the full data set.