Dr Masood Is Conducting an Experiment in Which She Is

question 141

Multiple Choice

Dr. Masood is conducting an experiment in which she is testing the effect of video game playing on the ability to think creatively. One group of children plays video games for two hours a day in a week, another group of similar children plays video games for a total of two hours in a week, and a third group of children do not play video games at all. All three groups of children then take a test measuring their creativity. The hypothesis that Dr. Masood is testing is best described as a ____ hypothesis.

• A) predictive
• B) control
• C) causal
• D) behavioral

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