HD 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Catdog, Dependent And Independent Variables, Developmental Psychology

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Human Development and Family Studies
• Course: HD 101
• Professor: Kimberly Sanders

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When their counter-part, the (cid:862)student(cid:863) gave a wrong answer to the test, the teacher was instructed to deliver an electric shock to the (cid:862)student(cid:863). In an experiment, the variable that is introduced to see what effect it has on the dependent variable, also called experimental variable. Is the factor that is being manipulated by the experimenter: dependent variable. In an experiment, the variable that may change as a result of whatever new condition or situation the experimenter adds: the behavior that is being studied and measured in the experiment, potential test questions for independent and dependent. Variables: a school psychologist wants to determine if a remedial reading course increases scores in reading comprehension for lower ses elementary age children. They are compared to a group receiving regular reading instruction. Independent variable: reading instruction levels: remedial vs. regular: dependent variable: reading comprehension, researchers have developed a new filament for 60 watt light bulbs.