Look at the following parts of introduction, taken from professional journals and answer the questions that follow.

“Contemporary Educational Psychology”

Many authors, such as Wainer (1993) and Ewell (1991) have raised concerns associated with the validity of inferences drawn from such test conditions.

However, the role of self-regulation and test-taking motivation has been largely ignored. The scope of the present study is to examinethe impact of an additional construct commonly viewed as interdependent with motivation, self-regulation (Pintrich & De Groot, 1990; Zimmerman, 1989, 2000). Given the findings of many researchers describing systematic differences in examinee dispositions toward tests (Olsen & Wilson, 1991; Zeidner, 1993), this study will also investigate the impact that test modality (multiple-choice vs. essay) has on test performances in non-consequential test conditions. The psychology of the examinee is a crucial factor in all assessment results and may assist in explaining discrepancies in performances emanating from different consequential tests conditions and modalities.

“Social Problems”

The present research examines the relationship between television watching and the fear of crime for 1,490 adults interviewed in 1995. Our first objective is to assess the importance of several crime-related television program types in predicting crime fear. In doing so, we will expand the examination of program type well beyond the usual concern with news and drama. Our second objective is to assess the effects of the different types of programming on diverse audience sub-samples, defined by such attributes as sex, race, age, education, income, and crime victim experience. Most prior research that has considered more than one program type has failed to examine potentially variable audience effects, and the tendency among those studies that have considered different audiences has been to focus on only one type of programming. In this study, we assess the interaction of 12 audience sub-samples and four types of programming. Our third, and most important, objective is to examine whether respondents' perception of the racial composition of their neighborhood provides a mediating context for the television fear relationship. In this regard, we demonstrate a relevance of perceived racial composition that has yet to be explored in studies of race, threat, and fear. Before describing our methodology and findings, we briefly review several theoretical issues related to audience reception of television messages, as well as the prior research that has addressed television- and fear-related responses.

1. Which sentences in the preceding introduction contain Stage III?

2. What word helped you recognize the beginning of Stage III?

3. Identify the sentence that contains Stage IV, the statement of purpose. Is its orientation towards the report or the research?

4. Indicate the sentence that contains Stage V, the statement of value. Is it written from the point of view of the practical or theoretical importance?

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