Consider an experiment in which participants watch various types of TV programming and are then observed while playing a physical game to determine the number of aggressive acts they commit.In this example,the dependent variable would be the ____.

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The dependent variable is the variable that is measured or observed in an experiment. In this case, the number of aggressive acts committed by the participants is the variable that is being observed, so it is the dependent variable. The other options (gender of participants, game played, and type of TV programming watched) may be independent variables that are manipulated in the experiment, but they are not the dependent variable being measured.

Consider an Experiment in Which Participants Watch Various Types of TV