Dr. Archer wanted to see if people are more prone to seek the company of others when anxious than when calm. He randomly assigned half of his subjects to an anxiety group and then told them that, as part of the study, they would receive electric shocks. He did not frighten the other group of subjects. Finally, he recorded how many subjects in each group chose to be "tested" in a group setting and how many chose to be "tested" alone. What was the independent variable in this study?

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The independent variable in this study is the level of anxiety, which was manipulated by randomly assigning half the subjects to the anxiety group and telling them they would receive electric shocks. The other group was not frightened or anxious.

Dr Archer Wanted to See If People Are More Prone