In an experiment that compares aggressive responses following exposure to media violence in television programming,"aggressive responses" is the __________ and "exposure to media violence" is the __________.
A)dependent variable;independent variable
B)independent variable;dependent variable
C)construct;operational definition
D)operational definition;construct

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In an experiment, the dependent variable is the variable that is being measured (in this case, aggressive responses), while the independent variable is the variable that is being manipulated by the researcher (in this case, exposure to media violence). Therefore, "aggressive responses" is the dependent variable and "exposure to media violence" is the independent variable.

In an Experiment That Compares Aggressive Responses Following Exposure to Media