Independent and Dependent Variables in the Hess (1975) Experiment That

question 56

Multiple Choice

Independent and Dependent Variables In the Hess (1975) experiment that examined the relationship between pupil size and attractiveness, "attractiveness" was the

• A)confounding variable.
• B)dependent variable.
• C)independent variable.
• D)subject variable.

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