Author Question: Dr. Dalbey is studying the effects of fatigue on aggression. He hypothesizes that the more fatigue a ... (Read 109 times)

cdr_15 · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Dr. Dalbey is studying the effects of fatigue on aggression. He hypothesizes that the more fatigue a person is experiencing, the more aggressively the person will behave. Unbeknownst to Dr. Dalbey, the participants' level of hunger also had an impact on their aggression. Hunger could thus be a(n) ____ variable.

a. independent
b. dependent
c. confounding
d. intervening

Question 2

Dr. Denton designs an experiment to test the hypothesis that children who are taught alternative ways of responding to failure will show increased persistence in problem solving. Dr. Denton assigns half of a random sample of third-graders to a tutor who emphasizes learning from mistakes rather than improving grades. The other half of the sample receive tutoring without this emphasis on learning goals. After two months of tutoring, both groups were given a test of persistence. A possible random variable in this experiment is the ____.

a. amount of time before the persistence test
b. persistence test score
c. level of intelligence of the children
d. time of day the experiment was conducted