A Researcher Designed an Experiment to Study the Causes of Aggression

question 66

Multiple Choice

A researcher designed an experiment to study the causes of aggression in children. Half the children ate a sugared cereal; the other half ate cornflakes. The researcher then recorded the number of aggressive acts displayed by the children in a one-hour play period after breakfast. In this experiment, _____ is the dependent variable and _____ is the independent variable.

• A) sugared cereal; cornflakes
• B) the play period; the number of aggressive responses
• C) breakfast; the length of the play period
• D) the number of aggressive responses; cornflakes

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