As part of a psychology experiment, Santiago decides to measure a person's "anxiety" by noting the number of blinks a person makes in a 20-minute social interaction with a stranger. Santiago appears to have offered a(n) __________ of anxiety.
A) variable
B) operationalization
C) theory
D) hypothesis

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Santiago is operationalizing or defining anxiety in terms of the number of blinks a person makes during a social interaction. This is a specific way of measuring anxiety, making it an operationalization.

As Part of a Psychology Experiment, Santiago Decides to Measure