Consider an experiment in which participants watch various types of TV programs and are then observed while playing a physical game to determine the number of aggressive acts they emit. In this example, the independent variable would be the

a. game played by the participants.
b. gender of the participants.
c. type of TV programs watched.
d. number of aggressive acts observed.


Ans: c. type of TV programs watched.

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