Conlon and His Colleagues Conducted an Experiment and Found That

question 322

Multiple Choice

Conlon and his colleagues conducted an experiment and found that goal-focused individuals lost more weight than did either achievement-focused or no-focus control individuals.These researchers also found that goal-focused individuals were more committed to reaching their goal weights.They interpreted their results as consistent with the findings of other studies on motivation and relevant to the design of health intervention programs.At this point in their research, Conlon and his associates are

• A) proposing a hypothesis.
• B) hypothesis testing.
• C) operationally defining terms.
• D) theory building.

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