An Antecedent Variable

question 17

Multiple Choice

An antecedent variable

• A) comes after the independent variable.
• B) comes after the independent variable and before the dependent variable.
• C) comes before both the independent variable and the dependent variable.
• D) comes after the dependent variable.
• E) none of these.

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Definitions:

Reactivity

The state or capacity of being reactive or the degree to which a thing is reactive.

Orphanages

Residential institutions dedicated to the care of children whose parents are deceased or otherwise unable or unwilling to care for them.

Centration

The tendency of young children to focus only on one aspect of an object or situation, a characteristic of preoperational stage of cognitive development.

Egocentrism

A cognitive characteristic where an individual is unable to distinguish between their own perspective and that of others, often observed in early childhood development.