In This Experiment,the Risk-Taking Propensity of 90 Inner City Drug

question 20

Multiple Choice

In this experiment,the risk-taking propensity of 90 inner city drug users was measured using a repeated measures test called the Behavioral Analogue Risk Task (BART;Lejuez et al. ,2002) .The higher the BART score,the higher the risk-taking propensity.Participants also filled out questionnaires so that their Psychopathic Personality Inventory (PPI) scores could be computed.PPI scores are used to detect psychopathic traits in a covert manner and are a common indicator of one's level of psychopathy.The main goal of the experiment was to examine the relationship between risk-taking (measured by BART) based on one's level of psychopathy (measured by PPI on a scale of 0-100) ,gender (1 for male and 2 for female) ,and heroin use (1 for heroin use and 0 for no heroin use) .Below is a partial output of a multiple regression analysis. What are the explanatory variables in this study?

• A)Gender and Bart score
• B)Gender and PPI
• C)Gender,heroin,and PPI

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Definitions:

Girls

Female children or young women.

Adults

Individuals who have reached the age of maturity, typically recognized by factors such as age, physical development, and social responsibility.

Learning Approach

A perspective or methodology that emphasizes acquiring knowledge and skills through study, experience, or teaching.

Vicarious Reinforcement

A process in behavior learning theory where individuals modify their behavior based on observing consequences applied to others, rather than experiencing them directly.