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Author Question: What is an independent and dependent variable in psychology? (Read 1144 times)

aero

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on: Jul 16, 2013
I need to know what the independent and dependent variable will be in my experiment, please help!
My operant conditioning experiment is about conditioning myself to do my homework everyday by four, if i succeed i will reward myself with $40.
Help!!!!


geoffrey

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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2013
An independent variable is the variable that is changed in a scientific experiment to test the effects on the dependent variable.

A dependent variable is the variable being tested in a scientific experiment.


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ricki

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Reply #2 on: Jul 16, 2013
The independent variable is what you change experimentally, and the dependent variable is what changes as a result of the independent variable changing.

For your experiment, I'd say that your independent variable may be the presence of a reward, and the dependent variable would be whether or not it was effective, whether or not you got into a habit of doing your homework every day by 4.


hummingbird

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Reply #3 on: Jul 16, 2013
independent: time homework is finished
dependent: reward - $40


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