Consider an experiment in which participants watch various types of TV programming and are then observed while playing a physical game to determine the number of aggressive acts they commit. In this example, the dependent variable would be the ____
a. ?gender of the participants
b. ?game played by the participants
c. ?type of TV programming watched
d. ?number of aggressive acts observed
ANSWER:
d
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a. unembodiment b. body image c. self awareness d. health psychology
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a. negative b. extrinsic c. challenging d. positive