If Dr Ryan, a Social Psychologist, Was Investigating the Relationship Between

question 8

Multiple Choice

If Dr. Ryan, a social psychologist, was investigating the relationship between temperature and participants' moods, an example of an extraneous variable would be:

• A) how hot it is in the study room.
• B) how cold it is in the study room.
• C) self-reports of how happy or sad one feels.
• D) the time of day the study takes place.

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