Answer to Question #281684 in Psychology for Ayesha

Question

A psychologist

hypothesize that

people eat less

when they know �that they’re being

monitored by

someone. For this,

the psychologist

gathered 20

students from a

university and

divided them into

two groups. Both of

the groups were

given their favorite

food items to eat.

However, the

second group was

told that they’re

being monitored by

a CCTV camera

and nothing was

said to the first

group�. Identify independent & deoendent variable

Answer 1

The independent variable is changed or manipulated by the researcher while the dependent variable is not changed by the researcher. The independent variable in this case is the CCTV camera while the dependent variable is the food items to eat.