An Experimenter Was Interested in the Effects of Reward on Performance

question 27

Essay

An experimenter was interested in the effects of reward on performance in basketball shooting. Ten male and ten female individuals who had not played basketball before were selected for participation in the study. For the first 10 shots, they earned 5 cents for each basket; for the next 10 shots they earned 1 dollar per basket; for the final 10 shots, they were awarded 5 dollars per basket. Results indicated that females scored more baskets than males that all participants scored more baskets when given greater rewards, and that males' performance improved to a greater degree than females' as reward level increased.
What is (are) the independent variable(s) in this study?
What type of experimental design was used in this study?
What is the most likely confound present in this study?
How would you control for that confound?
Graph the results and interpret them in words.

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