Independent and Dependent Variables Affiliation was the ____ in the Schachter (1959) experiment that examined the relationship between anxiety and affiliation.
A)confounding variable
B)dependent variable
C)independent variable
D)subject variable

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In the Schachter (1959) experiment, anxiety was manipulated by administering either epinephrine (adrenaline) or a placebo. Affiliation was the dependent variable being measured, as it was the behavior that was expected to vary depending on the level of anxiety (independent variable). Confounding variables are factors that could unintentionally affect results and subject variables are pre-existing characteristics of the study participants, neither of which apply to the relationship between anxiety and affiliation in this experiment.

Independent and Dependent Variables Affiliation Was the ____ in the Schachter