As a Secondary Mathematics Teacher, Hernandez Conducted a Study That

question 63

Multiple Choice

As a secondary mathematics teacher, Hernandez conducted a study that explored whether giving children recess prior to testing helped their test performance. For one of the semesters, he sends half of his classes out for 10 minutes of recess prior to testing for the other half, he provides 10 minutes of free time after the test.
-The students in the non recess condition decided they would try harder on the tests because they didn't get recess. This is an example of an)

• A) Experimenter threat.
• B) John Henry effect.
• C) Placebo effect.
• D) Hawthorne effect.

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Definitions:

Stimuli

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Self-efficacy

An individual's belief in their capacity to execute behaviors necessary to produce specific performance attainments.

Reciprocal Determinism

A concept in psychology proposed by Albert Bandura that suggests individual behavior, environment, and cognition all interact and influence each other.

Ideal Self

represents an individual's conception of how they would like to be, often serving as a standard for self-evaluation.