University of Texas Students Were Fitted with Electronically Activated Recorders

question 343

Multiple Choice

University of Texas students were fitted with electronically activated recorders so that researchers could sample their daily activities.The researchers employed a scientific method known as

• A) naturalistic observation.
• B) the double-blind procedure.
• C) experimentation.
• D) the case study.

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Definitions:

Collective Action

Occurs when people act in unison to bring about or resist social, political, and economic change. Some collective actions are routine. Others are nonroutine. Routine collective actions are typically nonviolent and follow established patterns of behavior in existing types of social structures. Nonroutine collective actions take place when usual conventions cease to guide social action and people transcend, bypass, or subvert established institutional patterns and structures.

Political Protest

An expression of objection or disapproval towards political ideas or actions, often in a public context.

Model Parliament

A historical term or concept relating to representative assemblies or efforts to simulate parliamentary democracy as an educational tool.

Economic Development

The process by which a nation improves the economic, political, and social well-being of its people.