Author Question: Franz is conducting an experiment to study the effects of wearing heavy clothing on weight-lifting ... (Read 113 times)

Mollykgkg · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Franz is conducting an experiment to study the effects of wearing heavy clothing on weight-lifting performance. He gives Group A heavy sweatshirts and lets Group B wear whatever they wish. He measures the amount of weight they can lift after the workout. Group B is the ____ group.

a. experimental
b. control
c. dependent
d. independent

Question 2

Dr. Adcock is a community psychologist studying whether a special program instituted for an at-risk group of junior high school students decreases behavior problems. At-risk students are randomly assigned to either Group A, the special program, or Group B, a study hall meeting at the same time. In this experiment, Group A is the __________ while Group B is the __________.

a. independent variable; dependent variable
b. experimental group; control group
c. control group; experimental group
d. dependent variable; independent variable