A Researcher Is Interested in Improving Student Attention in a Classroom

question 15

Multiple Choice

A researcher is interested in improving student attention in a classroom. She measures student attention during five preintervention sessions. Her measure is the number of students attending in the class (out of 25 students) . She then introduces the program to increase the number of children paying attention. She then measures six more times the number of children attending. Which series would best show that the intervention had an effect?

• A) Series 1
• B) Series 2
• C) Series 3
• D) None show a potential effect

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Definitions:

Ghrelin

A hormone produced by the stomach that stimulates hunger and increases food intake.

Hunger-Arousing

Refers to stimuli or circumstances that trigger the biological and psychological state of feeling the need to eat.

Secreted by the Stomach

Refers to substances like acids, enzymes, or hormones produced and released by the stomach to aid in digestion and other bodily functions.

Motivated to Eat

The drive or urge to consume food, often influenced by physiological hunger, psychological factors, or environmental cues.