Sergio Is Conducting a Research Study Using Human Subjects to Find

Multiple Choice

Sergio is conducting a research study using human subjects to find out how people learn to "think outside the box". He expects that people who are instructed to be as creative as possible because there is no "wrong" answer will be more likely to think outside the box. Which of the following best describes this expectation?

A) a hypothesis
B) an operational definition
C) a meta-analysis
D) a statistically significant result