Question

In a study to determine whether viewing pictures of poverty-stricken children increases the tendency for people to donate money to charity, the experimental group sees pictures of poor children before being asked to donate to charity. The control groups sees pictures of random landscapes. In this study, the operational definition of the dependent variable is theA)choice of landscape pictures.B)amount that the experimental group chooses to donate.C)gender of the children in the pictures shown.D)gender ratio in the experimental and control groups.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. amount of money that the experimental group chooses to donate.

Explanation:

Operational definition basically means how it was expressed or what it is in the context of the study. The dependent variable is the factor that is affected by the independent variable. In the study they want to see the effect of viewing pictures, so this means that "the pictures" is the independent variable. What is it that the pictures would supposedly affect then?

The tendency of for people to donate money.

The answer is then B. Amound that the experimental group chooses to donate.