Stephanie Conducts an Experiment to Learn If Brunettes Have More

question 22

Multiple Choice

Stephanie conducts an experiment to learn if brunettes have more fun.She has three brunette female friends and three blonde female friends go to the same party,and record how many times they are asked to dance.In her experiment,Stephanie has defined her ____________ as the number of times the friends were asked to dance,and her ____________ as hair colour.

• A) independent variable;extraneous variable
• B) extraneous variable;dependent variable
• C) independent variable;dependent variable
• D) dependent variable;independent variable

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Definitions:

Contemporary Exchange

Modern-day transactions or interactions, which can be economic, social, or cultural, reflecting current practices and values.

Rational Choice Theories

Rational choice theories are based on the premise that individuals make decisions by calculating the costs and benefits of various actions to maximize their personal advantage.

Coterminous

means sharing the same boundaries or extent in space, time, or meaning.

Exchange Theory

A theoretical framework suggesting that social behavior is the result of an exchange process aiming to maximize benefits and minimize costs to individuals.