Aresearcher observes competitive behavior among children at a summer camp. she notes that "a child saying negative words to another child" is an example of verbally abusive competition. in this example, "a child saying negative words to another child" is:

In the given example, the child saying negative words towards another child is considered to be an operational definition for the behavior category. The operational definition for the behavior category is a way of pointing out or showing the behavior of a certain person of which is being observed and are being defined.

the answer is true .

answer; overt behavior;