The Purpose of ____ Assessment Is to Measure Overt Responses

question 130

Multiple Choice

The purpose of ____ assessment is to measure overt responses shown by a person.

• A) clinical
• B) behavioral
• C) operant
• D) consequential

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Definitions:

Scientific Method

A systematic process for gathering knowledge and testing scientific theories and hypotheses through observation and experimentation.

Hypothesis

A proposed explanation for a phenomenon, made as a starting point for further investigation, which can be tested through research and experimentation.

Theory

A coherent group of propositions formulated to explain a group of facts or phenomena in the natural world and repeatedly confirmed through experiment or observation.

Operational Definition

A definition that provides an objective description of how a variable is going to be measured and observed in a particular study.