A confounded variable is confounded with the _____
a. statistical analysis c. post-experimental generalization
b. dependent variable d. independent variable
D
Conditions that vary systematically when changes in the independent variable are said to be confounded with the independent variable.
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A. adult personality characteristics related to the stage at which the fixation occurred. B. an increase in the amount of psychic energy available to the adult ego. C. either castration anxiety or penis envy, depending on the gender of the child. D. an increase in Freudian slips.
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