"There Will Be Differences in Degree of Mood Elevation Seen

question 18

Multiple Choice

"There will be differences in degree of mood elevation seen in depressed clients after receiving either cognitive-behavioral or psychoanalytic therapy." During a test of this hypothesis,it was discovered that some of the participants lived with family members and others lived alone.This variable,living situation,is a/an ________.

• A)independent variable.
• B)dependent variable.
• C)constant.
• D)confounding variable.

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