In their experiment, why did Bibb Latané and John Darley (1968) expose all participants to the same audiotaped seizure? They wanted
a. the independent variable to be the same for all participants.
b. the independent variable—the overheard seizure—to be different for different participants.
c. to be able to assign participants at random.
d. to control extraneous variables, such as the quality of the fake seizure.
Answer: D
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a. occurs earlier in boys than in girls. b. occurs earlier in girls who experience stress than in girls who have less stress. c. occurs later in boys who experience stress than in boys who have less stress. d. is not influenced by genetics.
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