Danica Put Spouses in Separate Rooms, Asked Them to Complete

question 15

Multiple Choice

Danica put spouses in separate rooms, asked them to complete relationship satisfaction ratings, and then videotaped all participants giving a brief speech, which she said their partners would later watch. After the speech, participants were provided with written false feedback presumably provided by their partners, and then they rated their relationship satisfaction again. Danica then assessed how evaluations of relationship satisfaction changed when participants received three different types of false feedback. In one condition, the feedback was positive and reassuring, in the second it was negative and critical, and in the third it was mixed. In this experiment, the independent variable is ________ and the dependent variable is ________.

• A) the false feedback; the relationship satisfaction
• B) the relationship satisfaction; the false feedback
• C) the speech; the false feedback
• D) the speech; the relationship satisfaction

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Definitions:

Specialized Cells

Cells that are adapted to perform specific functions within an organism.

Neurons

Specialized cells in the nervous system that transmit information to other nerve cells, muscle, or gland cells.

Sensory Neurons

Neurons responsible for converting external stimuli from the organism's environment into internal electrical impulses.

Receptor Cells

Specialized cells found in the sense organs (e.g., eyes, ears) that respond to specific stimuli like light, sound, or chemicals and convert them into neural signals.