PSY 301 Study Guide - Final Guide: Dependent And Independent Variables, Statistical Hypothesis Testing
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Imagine that you conduct an experiment to study the effects of violent media on aggressive behavior. Participants are randomly assigned to watch a tv show or to play a video game for an equivalent amount of time. The tv shows and video games either consisted of violent or nonviolent content. There is no interaction because there is no difference of differences, since all variables are the same: result set #2. Yes, because there is a difference between the averages (0 for tv show, No, because there is no difference between the averages since they are exactly the same (2) There is no interaction because there is no difference of differences, since all variables are the same (no difference between them: result set #3. There is no interaction because there is no difference of differences, since all variables are the same (both have differences of 4: result set #4.
