The Variable That Explains or Predicts the Outcome Variable Is

question 39

Multiple Choice

The variable that explains or predicts the outcome variable is known as the:

• A) elaboration variable
• B) conceptual variable
• C) independent variable
• D) dependent variable

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Definitions:

Client Goals

Objectives or outcomes that a client aims to achieve through therapeutic intervention, often set collaboratively with a therapist.

Global Issues

Problems and challenges that transcend national boundaries and require collaborative efforts for resolution, including climate change, poverty, and health crises.

Ego Psychology

A school of psychoanalytic thought that emphasizes the role and development of the ego or self in personality.

Blank Slate

The idea that individuals are born without built-in mental content and that all knowledge comes from experience or perception.