In an Experiment Designed to Examine the Effect of Watching

question 154

Multiple Choice

In an experiment designed to examine the effect of watching fearful or distressing movies on the risk of heart attacks, participants in the experimental condition would be assigned to:

• A) watch horror movies.
• B) watch romantic comedies.
• C) not watch horror movies.
• D) not watch romantic comedies.

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