Friday, May 14, 2010

What are the independent variable, dependent variable, control condition, experimental condition?

I'm doing hw for psychology and im kinda stuck. I need help distinguishing between independent and dependent variables.





An average-looking person is rated as less attractive after people have looked at pictures of attractive people.





What are the independent and dependent variables? What are the experimental and control conditions?





I know the independent is the one not effected by anything and the dependent is effected by the independent but I can figure which one is what in this problem.What are the independent variable, dependent variable, control condition, experimental condition?
The Dependent Variable is the ';Attractiveness Rating';





The Independent Variable is ';Viewing the Pictures of Attractive People'; or ';Not Viewing the Pictures of Attractive People';





The Control Conditions would be the rating without viewing the pictures, while the Experimental Condition would be those who viewed the pictures beforehand.

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