Question

Dr. Mary Contrary is studying the effects of the trait of agreeableness and the situation of being criticized for angry feelings. Mary gives 40 students the Niceness Inventory, and then randomly assigns half of them to receive criticism and half to receive neutral comments. Finally, she gives all of the students the Angry Mood Test (a self-report measure of current angry feelings). The critical versus neutral comments to the students are
a. manipulated dependent variable
b. measured dependent variable
c. manipulated independent variable
d. measured independent variable

Answer 1

Answer:

a. manipulated independent variable

Explanation:

The critical versus neutral comments to the students are the manipulated independent variable. The manipulated independent variable is the variable the researcher has influence on, he can change and manipulate in a study, the researcher can decide to increase or reduce the variable. the dependent variable is affected by it.