Learning Task #1:
Directions: Read and analyze the statements below. Write TECHNICAL if the statement is true and OPERATIONAL if the statement is false. Then, underline the word or phrase which made the statement incorrect.
___1. Definitions guide readers to understand the thought and idea presented in any material.
___2. Technical definitions are created to create clarity and avoid confusion on the part of the readers.
__3. Operational definitions contain reliable and specific meaning of a word or phrase based on general references.
___4. Mental health is a person’s condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being. The sample definition is .
____5. A tantrum could include any time a child falls to the floor, cries, kicks, and screams in response to his or her denied request from his or her mother at the theme park. The sample definition is operational.
____6. Operational definitions are essential in writing a research. This ensures that the readers as well as other researchers would clearly understand the variables used in the study.
____7.. In accomplishing the definition of terms in a research paper, the researcher is required to define the term conceptually and constitutively.
______8. Definition is the basis and key component in establishing clarity and accuracy of content in any material across different fields and disciplines.

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