After Many Media Reports of Aggressive Behavior by Parents and Other

question 280

Multiple Choice

After many media reports of aggressive behavior by parents and other adult spectators in the stands at Canadian youth hockey games, psychologists systematically recorded the comments of adult spectators at youth hockey games in a large Canadian city. They found that almost two-thirds of the comments were directed at the players rather than the referees, and that most comments were positive and encouraging rather than negative or critical. The psychologists used a descriptive research method called _____.

• A) a case study
• B) naturalistic observation
• C) survey research
• D) case-based research

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