Sonja Conducts an Experiment to Determine Whether Listening to Music

question 36

Multiple Choice

Sonja conducts an experiment to determine whether listening to music affects emotional state. She has children wait alone in a room that either did or did not have music playing and then has them complete a questionnaire asking about their current level of happiness. The independent variable in this study is

• A) how happy they were before the study began.
• B) being alone in the room while waiting.
• C) whether or not music was playing in the room.
• D) their level of happiness as rated on the questionnaire.

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Definitions:

Kindreds

A network of relatives within which individuals possess rights and obligations; often extending beyond immediate family.

Focal Person

An individual who is the center of attention or the main subject of study in a particular research or discussion.

Kindreds

Networks of relatives extended beyond the immediate family, including all individuals related by blood, marriage, or adoption.

EGO

In kinship terminology, the central person from whom the degree of each relationship is traced.