Aims of Quantitative Research Can Be ______

question 4

Multiple Choice

Aims of quantitative research can be ______.

• A) to do a hypothesis testing study
• B) to do a population description study
• C) just to do another study
• D) can be formulated without taking the population into account

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Definitions:

Overjustification Effect

The phenomenon in which rewarding a person for performing an activity actually decreases their intrinsic motivation to perform that activity.

Externality Hypothesis

A theory suggesting that individuals attribute their success to internal factors and failures to external factors, often explored within the context of social psychology and self-perception.

Principle Homeostasis

The regulatory principle that organisms maintain a stable internal environment despite external changes.

Hierarchy Needs

A theory in psychology, proposed by Abraham Maslow, suggesting that people are motivated by five basic categories of needs: physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, and self-actualization, which form a hierarchy.