A researcher wants to study the effects of texting on driving. Students in Group A drive a car in a computer game and see how many virtual accidents they have. Students in Group B are asked to drive the same virtual car, but they must respond to and send at least three texts. The number of virtual accidents is measured for each group. What is the independent variable?
A) the virtual car
B) texting
C) the number of virtual accidents
D) the group assignment
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Q2: In the late 20th century,psychology _.
A)expanded dramatically
B)stagnated
C)contracted
Q3: By general agreement,psychology was born in _.
A)1642
B)1853
C)1879
D)1906
Q6: Freud was the founder of _.
A)existential psychology
B)behavioral
Q16: Titchener was a member of the _school
Q23: Double-blind studies control for
A)the placebo effect.
B)the experimenter
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Q246: A young man reads in a letter
Q273: Like Watson, Skinner believed that psychology should
Q296: In an experiment to examine the effects
Q297: Dr. Calvin needs just one more participant
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