A researcher hypothesizes that criticism and aggression increase among coworkers when frustration increases. Workers are assigned to one of three groups (no frustration, moderate frustration, high frustration)
For each group, verbal criticism and aggression are measured. In this example the independent variable is
A) frustration level.
B) verbal criticism and aggression.
C) number of people in a group.
D) amount of work completed.
Answer: A
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In 2004, Congress created a director of national intelligence. Why did Congress do this?
a. to help the director of the Central Intelligence Agency combat the growing threat posed by weapons of mass destruction b. to better coordinate the large number of people working in diverse intelligence agencies c. to decentralize authority within the intelligence community to prevent competition between agencies d. because the previous organizational structure of the intelligence community encouraged the various agencies to do too much of their work collaboratively, which led to groupthink
Sharply focused foreign policy outputs such as deployment of troops in a crisis or emergency funding measures tend to be exclusively the province of:
a. Congress. b. the president. c. the Senate Armed Services Committee. d. the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Who breaks a tie in the Senate?
a. president of the United States b. vice president of the United States c. Speaker of the House d. Senate majority leader
In Board of Education v. Allen (1968), the Supreme Court upheld a New York statute requiring local public school districts to _____________ to students in private and parochial schools
a. provide transportation b. provide tuition tax credits c. lend certain textbooks d. provide civics lessons