Lola Conducts a Study to Examine Aggression

question 166

Multiple Choice

Lola conducts a study to examine aggression. She has both men and women come to a laboratory room that is either 70 degrees or 90 degrees. Suppose she finds that overall, participants exhibit more aggression in the 90-degree room than the 70-degree room. This finding illustrates a(n)

• A) main effect of sex of participant.
• B) main effect of temperature.
• C) interaction between sex of participant and temperature.
• D) All of the above.

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