Shantae is doing an experiment on how anxious people will feel if they are told that they did not do well on an intelligence test. She asks her participants to rate how nervous, upset, and anxious they feel on a scale from 1 (not at all) to 7 (very). Participant's scores on the scale are a(n) ____.
a. operational definition of anxiety
b. independent variable
c. confounding variable
d. empirical definition of anxiety
Question 2
Dr. Zumbahlen is conducting a research study in which she is interested in the effects of aerobic activity on weight loss. Aerobic activity is defined by thirty minutes of exercise on the treadmill three times a week. This specific way of defining aerobic activity is referred to as a(n) ____ definition.
a. experimental
b. construct
c. operational
d. empirical
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