A College Student Has Volunteered to Tutor Students in a First-Grade

question 217

Multiple Choice

A college student has volunteered to tutor students in a first-grade classroom.She hopes to gain a realistic picture of the everyday behavior of these students.However,every time she enters the classroom,the students all stop what they are doing and run up to her begging her to tutor them next.This student will probably never get a realistic picture of a typical first grader's school day because of the

• A) observer bias.
• B) observer effect.
• C) self-fulfilling prophecy.
• D) anthropomorphic error.

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Definitions:

Reactivity

The phenomenon where subjects alter their behavior due to knowing they are being observed or part of a study.

Assessment Procedure

Methods and techniques used to evaluate the skills, abilities, attitudes, or characteristics of individuals or groups.

Operationalize

The process of defining how a concept or variable will be measured and assessed in a specific research context.

Construct

An abstract concept or idea that is chosen for study, usually representing phenomena that are not directly observable.