To investigate whether gender and age influence people's perceptions of an individual's responsibility for an accident and an appropriate penalty, Donald created four scenarios describing the same accident. The only difference among the scenarios was whether the person involved in the accident was an older man, an older woman, a younger man, or a younger woman. After reading the scenario, participants rated the extent to which the individual was responsible for the accident and the amount of the fine. Based on this description, the experiment included _____.

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The experiment has two independent variables (gender and age of the person involved in the accident) and two dependent variables (perceived responsibility for the accident and the amount of the fine).

To Investigate Whether Gender and Age Influence People's Perceptions of an Individual's