Which Statement Is True About Descriptive Studies

question 27

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true about descriptive studies?

• A) Descriptive studies are one kind of experimental study.
• B) Descriptive studies use random assignments of participants to treatment groups.
• C) Descriptive studies require tight control over the phenomenon of interest.
• D) Descriptive studies quantify the variables of interest.

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Definitions:

Learned Helplessness

An instance where a person is overwhelmed by feelings of helplessness, caused by either a distressing event or continual lack of success.

Contingency Blocking

A phenomenon in classical conditioning where a previously learned association prevents the learning of a new association.

Latent Learning

A learning process that occurs without any immediate expression of the learned behavior or association until a suitable motivation is provided.

Latent Learning

occurs without immediate reinforcement and is not immediately demonstrated through performance, becoming apparent only when there is motivation to demonstrate it.