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:

Hawthorne Effect

The tendency of persons singled out for special attention to perform as expected.

Group Atmosphere

The overall mood, spirit, or tone that characterizes the interactions and dynamics within a team or organizational unit.

Participative Supervision

A management style where supervisors seek input and involve employees in decision-making processes.

Hawthorne Works

A facility of the Western Electric Company in Cicero, Illinois, famous for a series of studies from 1924 to 1932 that influenced the human relations movement in organizational management.