Kristin was interested in how models affect behavior. She had participants in her project read a scenario about a student waiting at a professor's door, but another student breaks in line. For 1/3 of the participants, the scenario concludes with the waiting student asserting herself; for another 1/3, the waiting student says nothing; for the last 1/3, the response of the waiting student is not mentioned. Afterward, all participants described how they would react if they had been the waiting student. Responses were scaled on a score of 1 (very passive) to 10 (very assertive). Kristin tested the participants the day before they were to register for the next term.
a. Name the dependent variable
b. Name the independent variable and the number of levels
c. Name the levels of the independent variable
d. Identify a controlled extraneous variable

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The Answer of Kristin was interested in how models affect behavior. She had participants in her project read a scenario about a student waiting at a professor's door, but another student breaks in line. For 1/3 of the participants, the scenario concludes with the waiting student asserting herself; for another 1/3, the waiting student says nothing; for the last 1/3, the response of the waiting student is not mentioned. Afterward, all participants described how they would react if they had been the waiting student. Responses were scaled on a score of 1 (very passive) to 10 (very assertive). Kristin tested the participants the day before they were to register for the next term.
a. Name the dependent variable
b. Name the independent variable and the number of levels
c. Name the levels of the independent variable
d. Identify a controlled extraneous variable

Kristin Was Interested in How Models Affect Behavior