Participant becomes tired, bored, or distracted

You have been watching a long train go by for several minutes, and then, when it has

gone, you view a stationary train behind it. That train will appear to you to be a. moving in the same direction as the first train. b. moving in the opposite direction as the first train. c. stationary. d. moving in a jerky sequence. e. split in half.

An industrial-organizational psychologist has been asked to identify the ways in which high-stress and low-stress game designers are different

The psychologist comes up with the tentative explanation that the degree of control over one's work determines the designer's stress level. This tentative explanation, which must be tested, would constitute which step in the scientific method? a. theory building b. operationally defining the problem c. proposing a hypothesis d. gathering evidence through observations