SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

question 53

Multiple Choice

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Critical theorists are concerned with mass culture for which of the following reasons:

• A) Culture should come from the people to represent real experience, but mass culture presents falsified versions of reality
• B) Mass culture suggests that riches and fame are reserved for rare and special people
• C) Mass culture is meant to make people less likely to pursue social change
• D) Mass culture gives rise to corporate brands that reinforce social class hierarchy

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Definitions:

Confounding Variable

An extraneous variable in an experimental design that correlates with both the dependent and independent variables, potentially leading to a false assumption of causality.

Experimental Approach

A research method involving the manipulation of variables to observe and measure the effects on subjects in a controlled setting.

Manipulation of Variable

The process in experimental research of changing one variable to determine if changes in one variable cause changes in another variable.

Confounds

Variables that obscure the clear understanding of the relationship between different variables in a study, due to their intertwined effects.