You Are a Psychologist Interested in Determining Why a Child

question 20

Multiple Choice

You are a psychologist interested in determining why a child is biting. Since this behavior does not happen very often, you decide to bring the child into your office and set up the conditions that will make the behavior more likely to occur. This method is called

• A) a controlled experiment.
• B) field study.
• C) structured observation.
• D) short-term method.

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Definitions:

Myopia

A vision condition characterized by difficulty seeing distant objects clearly, commonly referred to as nearsightedness.

Presbyopia

A common age-related condition where the eye's lens loses the ability to focus clearly on close objects, typically starting in middle age.

Hyperopia

A vision condition also known as farsightedness, where distant objects can be seen more clearly than near objects due to the light entering the eye focusing behind the retina.

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