Dr. Low is interested in studying the relation between mood and willingness to help a stranger. She randomly assigns half of her participants to the pleasant mood condition and shows them funny film clips. The other half of her participants are assigned to the unpleasant mood condition and are forced to watch boring film clips. She then gives every participant an opportunity to donate money to a homeless stranger. Dr. Low is using a(n) ________ design.

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Dr. Low is manipulating the independent variable (mood) by randomly assigning participants to the pleasant or unpleasant mood condition, and then measuring the dependent variable (willingness to help a stranger) by giving every participant an opportunity to donate money. This is a classic experimental design.

Dr Low Is Interested in Studying the Relation Between Mood