Question

Deci and Ryan (1985, 2001) have proposed that there are three fundamental needs that are required for human growth and fulfillment: relatedness, autonomy, and competence. Susan predicts that students who have these needs met in their psychology class feel happier and more satisfied with the class. She collects data and finds that students who feel more related and competent do feel happier but that feeling more autonomous does not seem to matter. Susan thinks that maybe autonomy is only necessary when people are in situations in which they are not being evaluated. Deci and Ryan's general statement of how the three needs are related to growth and fulfillment is an example of which of the following? A theory A hypothesis Data Research

Answer 1

Theory data cycle

Explanation:

The most important cycle in the history of science is the theory data cycle, in which scientists collect the data to change, test and update their theories. Even you are not in a formal research situation, you have probably tested the ideas and hunches of your idea by asking some specific questions that are grounded in the theory, making a prediction and collecting the data. There are a series of steps in this process.

• First, you have to ask such questions all of that are guided by theories
• Next, your question will predict your data collections
• Then set up a situation to test your prediction

When you take systematic steps to solve a problem, you are doing something similar that what scientists do in cycle data collection theory.