Dr.Gordon conducts an experiment on one of her clients,Johnny,who displays symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.She postulates that Johnny's hyperactivity will be measured by the number of times he moves about while in the middle of a conversation.In this scenario,Dr.Gordon's postulation is the

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Dr. Gordon's postulation is an operational definition, as she is defining hyperactivity based on a measurable behavior (the number of times Johnny moves about) in order to conduct her experiment. The confederate is a person who pretends to be a participant in the experiment but is actually working with the researcher. The independent variable is the variable that is manipulated (in this case, it is not specified), and a placebo is a treatment or substance that has no real effect but is given as though it does.

DrGordon Conducts an Experiment on One of Her Clients,Johnny,who Displays