Albert Bandura hypothesized that children who observed an adult behaving aggressively would be more likely to exhibit aggressive actions. In his experiment ________ was the independent variable and ________ was the dependent variable
a) whether the child was abused; number of times the child yelled at an adult
b) number of times the child yelled at an adult; whether the child was abused
c) number of times a Bobo doll was hit; observing an aggressive or nonaggressive model
d) observing an aggressive or nonaggressive model; number of hits directed at a Bobo doll
ANS: d
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