To assess whether sense of humor is affected by sexual stimulation,researchers exposed married couples to either sexually stimulating or to sexually nonstimulating movie scenes prior to watching a comedy skit.In this research,the independent variable consisted of
A) reactions to the comedy skit.
B) level of sexual stimulation.
C) marital status.
D) sense of humor.

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The independent variable is the variable that is being manipulated by the researchers, in this case, whether the couples were exposed to sexually stimulating or non-stimulating movie scenes. The other variables listed (reactions to the comedy skit, marital status, and sense of humor) are either dependent variables (affected by the independent variable) or irrelevant to the study.

To Assess Whether Sense of Humor Is Affected by Sexual