PSYB01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Repeated Measures Design, Factorial Experiment, Dependent And Independent Variables
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Answers for chapter 10 questions on complex experimental designs. In a study by chaiken and pliner (1987), research participants read an eating diary of either a male or a female stimulus person. The information in the diary indicated that the person ate either large meals or small meals. After reading this information, participants rated the person"s femininity and masculinity: identify the design of this experiment. 4: identify the independent variable(s) and the dependent variable(s). Ivs: gender of the stimulus person and size of the meal. No in this case, gender of the stimulus person (i. e. of the eating diaries read by participants) is a randomly assigned variable. Yes: describe the results in a brief paragraph. The main effect of gender of the stimulus person indicates that males were rated less feminine than females. The main effect of size of meal indicates that individuals who ate small meals were rated more feminine than individuals who ate large meals.