In an Experiment,researchers Exposed Half the Children to 2 Hours

question 139

Multiple Choice

In an experiment,researchers exposed half the children to 2 hours of violence on television every day for a month and made sure the other half saw no violence on television at all.At the end of the month,they measured the level of aggressiveness in the children.What is/are the independent variable(s) ?

• A)the level of aggressiveness at the end of the month
• B)the amount of violence watched on television
• C)the level of aggressiveness at the end of the month and the amount of violence watched on television
• D)the children

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