A Psychologist Designs an Experiment to Determine If the Number

question 48

Multiple Choice

A psychologist designs an experiment to determine if the number of adults' eye contacts with children would increase the number of children's smiles. In this study, the number of

• A) children's smiles is the independent variable.
• B) adults' eye contacts with children is the dependent variable.
• C) adults' eye contacts with children is the independent variable.
• D) children's smiles is the correlative variable.

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