Shantae is doing an experiment on how anxious people will feel if they are told that they did not do well on an intelligence test.She asks her participants to rate how nervous,upset,and anxious they feel on a scale from 1 (not at all)to 7 (very).Participant's scores on the scale are a(n)____.

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The participants' scores on the scale are an operational definition of anxiety. This is because anxiety is a subjective experience, and the rating scale is a way to quantify and measure that experience in a standardized way.

Shantae Is Doing an Experiment on How Anxious People Will