Of the Following,the Best Description of "Intervening Variables" in Psychology

question 55

Multiple Choice

Of the following,the best description of "intervening variables" in psychology is that

• A)they are constructs that unite a wide variety of apparently dissimilar variables.
• B)they are obstacles in successful theory construction and testing.
• C)there are very few intervening variables in psychology.
• D)they rarely are of use when psychologists try to explain why variables are relateD.

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