Four developmental psychologists have been conducting separate research into the patterns of language development of deaf children.They meet in Chicago to discuss, summarize, and, hopefully, interrelate their conclusions from their published works and propose future research on this topic.Within the framework of the scientific method, these psychologists would most likely be
A) proposing a hypothesis.
B) hypothesis testing.
C) operationally defining terms.
D) theory building.

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Since the psychologists already have published works on the topic, they are not proposing a hypothesis (A) or conducting hypothesis testing (B). They may be operationally defining terms (C) during their discussion, but the main focus is on summarizing and interrelating their conclusions to propose future research, which falls under theory building (D).

Four Developmental Psychologists Have Been Conducting Separate Research into the Patterns