Janiszewski and Uy (2008) conducted an experiment in which they had 43 participants read 10 scenarios. In this study, the researchers wanted to determine the impact of the scenario type on the anchoring and adjusting of participants
Anchoring and adjustment occurs when people use a starting point (anchor) as a basis to make judgments about a given scenario (adjustment). What is the independent variable in this study?
a. the scenarios
b. the judgments
c. anchoring and adjustments
d. the starting point
A
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a. the Securities Act of 1933 b. the Banking Act of 1933 c. the Glass-Steagall Act d. the Open Meetings Act
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a. advice and consent b. presidential deference c. judicial review d. senatorial courtesy
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a. retrospective voting c. group preference voting b. prospective voting d. responsible party voting
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A) redistricting. B) reapportionment. C) gerrymandering. D) impeachment. E) cloture.