Researchers Decide to Use Self-Report, Teacher Report, and Parent Report

question 17

Multiple Choice

Researchers decide to use self-report, teacher report, and parent report data, as well as sociometric data from peers. These researchers are employing _____ to help answer the desired research question.

• A) baseline data
• B) power
• C) methodological pluralism
• D) multilevel design

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Definitions:

Variables

Factors or elements that are capable of changing or being changed, often used in experiments to determine effects on dependent outcomes.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that uses rewards and punishments to achieve desired behaviors.

Pavlovian Conditioning

A type of learning in which an unconditioned stimulus (such as food) that naturally produces an unconditioned response (such as salivation) is associated with a conditioned stimulus (such as a bell), leading to a conditioned response.

Animal Misbehavior

Actions by animals that are not in line with the expected or trained behaviors, often seen as problematic.