What Was the Independent Variable in Crum and Langer's Hotel

question 419

Multiple Choice

What was the independent variable in Crum and Langer's hotel experiment?

• A) being informed that housekeeping work was good exercise
• B) being informed that housekeeping work was unhealthy and contributed to health problems
• C) the amount of exercise each group engaged in outside their housekeeping jobs
• D) how much weight the participants lost on average over the course of the study

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Definitions:

Situational Attribution

The process of inferring that external circumstances, rather than internal character traits, are responsible for an individual's behavior in a given situation.

Primacy Effect

The inclination to recall facts at the start of a list more effectively than the details that come afterward.

Prisoner's Dilemma

A scenario in game theory where two individuals acting in their own self-interest do not produce the optimal outcome for either party.

Cooperation

The process of groups or individuals working together towards a common goal or benefit.