A researcher was interested in whether watching violence affected children's behaviors. To examine this, he showed a violent film to one group of preschoolers and a nonviolent film to a second group of preschoolers,

and then he observed their aggression levels. In this
study, the independent variable was the:

viewing of the violent film.
level of aggression displayed before the film.
level of aggression displayed following the film.
children's home environment.


viewing of the violent film.

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