Elyse Is Interested in Studying Aggression

question 116

Multiple Choice

Elyse is interested in studying aggression. To do so, she decides to look at horn-honking behaviour at stop signs and records the number of times someone honks their car horn before the car in front moves on. In this example, horn-honking is the _____ and the number of honks recorded is the _____.

• A)independent variable; dependent variable
• B)dependent variable; independent variable
• C)operational definition of aggression; dependent variable
• D)controlled variable; measured variable
• E)dependent variable; error variance

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Definitions:

Conservation of Mass

A principle stating that mass is neither created nor destroyed in a closed system through physical and chemical changes.

Conservation of Volume

The understanding that the quantity of a substance remains the same despite changes in its shape or container.

Object Permanence

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or touched, typically developed during early infancy.

Conservation

The principle of maintaining the integrity of the environment and natural resources.