A Researcher Concludes from His Study That,on a Typical School

question 11

Multiple Choice

A researcher concludes from his study that,on a typical school day,students spend only 50 percent of their time engaged in learning.What specific type of research must have been conducted in order for this conclusion to be valid?

• A)Single-subject design
• B)Participant-observer
• C)Descriptive
• D)Experimental

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Definitions:

Environmental Stimulus

A change in the environment that elicits a response from an organism.

Sign Stimulus

Any stimulus that elicits a fixed action pattern in an animal.

Sign Stimulus

An external sensory cue that triggers a fixed action pattern in an organism, an innate response to a specific stimulus.

Dutch Ethologist

A Dutch ethologist is a scientist from the Netherlands who studies animal behavior through observational and experimental methods.