According to the text, another area of adolescent research for which the experimental research method is commonly used is interventions. What scenario BEST describes an intervention?
a. People who spend a considerable amount of time among the people they wish to study.
b. Designing a program to promote critical thinking to help teens stop smoking.
c. Measuring biological changes like timing and pacing of different aspects of physical development during puberty.
d. Having young people wear watches with beepers to help them record a variety of
experiences at random times during the day.
Difficulty: 3 Question ID: 1.1.58 Page Reference: 21-22
Topic: Methods Used in Research
Skill: Applied
Answer: b
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