Your high school is proposing moving to a system in which grades are no longer given or used to evaluate student progress.Define each of the following concepts and state how each might either positively or negatively change student behavior under such a system.
- Extrinsic motivation
- Arousal theory (Yerkes-Dodson Law)
- Learned helplessness
- Self-fulfilling prophecy
Question 2
The police chief of New City states publicly that she sees a direct relationship between teenage arrests in New City for violent crimes and the popularity among New City teens of especially violent television shows.
a. Design a correlational study to research this claimed relationship, being sure to address how each of the following design elements would apply to your study.
— operational definition of variablesb. The police chief concludes that watching violent television shows leads to teens' committing violent crimes in New City. Do you support her conclusion? Explain your response.
— selection of participants
— generalizability
— two ethical considerations