Robert Conducts Research to Study the Trait of Empathy Using

question 31

Multiple Choice

Robert conducts research to study the trait of empathy using the act frequency approach.Each participant is asked to list the specific acts or behaviors that they are most likely to associate with highly empathetic people.Robert collects a pool of 251 empathetic acts.This scenario exemplifies the act _____ procedure of the act frequency approach.

• A)nominalization
• B)nomenclature
• C)nomination
• D)nomothetic

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Definitions:

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