Dr. Paulo was interested in art appreciation between men and women. So, he showed a number of paintings to a group of men and to a separate group of women. The paintings were illuminated in either low light or higher, intense light. He found that there was no difference between men and women in the low light, but under higher intense light, the women liked the paintings better than the men. This result illustrates the concept of
A)interaction
B)main effects
C)positive correlation
D)experimenter bias
E)hindsight

Question

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The result illustrates the concept of interaction because it shows that the effect of the lighting condition on art appreciation depends on the gender of the participant. This means the effect of one independent variable (lighting condition) changes depending on the level of another independent variable (gender), which is the definition of an interaction effect.

Dr Paulo Was Interested in Art Appreciation Between Men and Women