Andrea Is Studying the Conditions Under Which People Become Attracted

question 39

Multiple Choice

Andrea is studying the conditions under which people become attracted to each other.She invites male research participants to visit the lab and interact briefly with an attractive person (a paid research assistant) .By flipping a coin,Andrea places participants in one of two conditions: (1) The conversation occurs without incident,or (2) There is a brief blackout in the research lab during the conversation.At the end of each session,the attractive research assistant gives the research participant her home phone number and invites him to call her later.In this study,whether the research participant calls the number is the:

• A) operationalization of the dependent variable.
• B) operationalization of the independent variable.
• C) control variable.
• D) predictor variable.

---

Definitions:

Social Security

A government program designed to provide financial assistance to people who are retired, unemployed, or disabled.

Harvest Gypsies

A term historically used to describe itinerant agricultural workers, particularly those who moved from farm to farm during the harvest seasons.

Migrant Farm Workers

Individuals who travel from one location to another, often seasonally, to work in agriculture, usually under temporary contracts and often facing challenging conditions.

Great Depression

A severe worldwide economic downturn that took place mostly during the 1930s.