Researchers Brescoll and Uhlmann 2008) wanted to know if men and women were judged the same for expressing similar emotions in the workplace.Participants in this experiment watched a video of a job candidate.The job candidates were being interviewed while sitting at a table.The job candidates were describing an incident in which they and a colleague lost an important account and how it made them feel.The first independent variable was sex of job candidate.Sex had two levels-male and female.The second independent variable was emotion displayed.Emotion displayed had two levels-anger and sadness.So, participants viewed one of four job candidates.In this study, the first independent variable of sex was a __________ subjects variable.
A)between
B)within
C)mixed
D)facet

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The first independent variable of sex is a between-subjects variable because it has two distinct levels (male and female) and each participant only views one of the four job candidates. This is in contrast to a within-subjects variable where each participant experiences all levels of the variable.

Researchers Brescoll and Uhlmann 2008) Wanted to Know If Men