Chris Boyatzis and colleagues (1995)showed some elementary schoolchildren,but not others,an episode of the most popular-and violent-children's television program of the 1990s,Power Rangers.Identify the dependent variable in this research.
A)the content and duration of the television program
B)the observed aggressive acts by the children who watched the program
C)the peer pressure experienced by the children
D)the behavior of the children who did not watch the program

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The dependent variable in this research is the observed aggressive acts by the children who watched the program. The researchers wanted to examine the effect of watching Power Rangers on children's aggressive behavior, so the number and type of aggressive acts displayed by the children who watched the program would be the dependent variable.

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