In the Friedrich and Stein study on the influence of television on aggression, the observed level of aggression the children displayed in the nursery school represented the ______ variable in the experiment.

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The observed level of aggression displayed by the children in the nursery school is the dependent variable in the experiment, as it is the variable that is being measured in response to the independent variable (amount of television watched). The extraneous, independent, and confounding variables refer to other factors that may impact the results of the experiment.

In the Friedrich and Stein Study on the Influence of Television