Anderson and Dill (2000) studied the effects of playing violent video games on white noise blasts in laboratory study. In this study the white noise was which of the following
A)The common-causal variable
B)The independent variable
C)The dependent variable
D)The control variable

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The white noise blasts in the study by Anderson and Dill (2000) were used as a measure of aggression, making it the dependent variable. The level of aggression was assessed based on participants' behavior after playing violent video games, thus it depended on the independent variable (the violent video game play).

Anderson and Dill (2000) Studied the Effects of Playing Violent