Questions Refer to Table 12-4 SOURCE TABLE -Refer to Table 12-4

Multiple Choice

Questions refer to Table 12-4. A researcher is interested in determining just how much negative interactions with strangers affect our sense of well-being. In this example, participants completed a scale of positive affect. Later, either a pleasant or unpleasant confederate is randomly assigned to interact with each participant. At the end of the experiment, participants’ positive affect is again assessed. Positive affect scores could range from 1 (low positive affect) to 15 (high positive affect) .
Table 12-4
TABLE OF MEANS:

$\begin{array}{c}\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\text { TIME POSITIVE AFFECT ASSESSED }\\\begin{array} { l l c c r } & & \text { BEFORE EXPERIMENT } & \text { AFTER EXPERIMENT } & \text { ROW M } \\ \text { Confederate } & \text { Pleasant } & 11.10 & 13.30 & 12.20 \\ \text { Demeanor } & \text { Unpleasant } & 10.60 & 3.50 & 7.05 \\ & \text { COLUMN M } & 10.85 & 8.40 & \\ & & & \text { Pop. } \mathrm { M } = 9.63 \end{array} \end{array}$

SOURCE TABLE


$\begin{array}{lcccccc}\text { SOURCE } & \text { SS } & \text { df } & \text { MS } & \text { F } & p \\\text { Between subjects effects } & & & & & & \\\quad \text { Confederate Demeanor } & 265.23 & 1 & 3705.63 & 420.43 & .000 \\\quad \text { Error } & 158.65 & 18 & 8.81 & & \\& & & & & \\\text { Within subjects effects } & & & & & & \\\quad \text { Time } & 60.03 & 1 & 60.03 & 18.14 & .000 \\\text { Confederate } x \text { Time } & 216.23 & 1 & 216.23 & 65.69 & .000\\\\\text { Error }& 59.25 & 18 & 3.29\end{array}$
-Refer to Table 12-4. Which of the following is the best description of the results?

A) Participants who interacted with an unpleasant confederate had decreased positive affect from before to after the experiment. Participants who interacted with a pleasant confederate had increased positive affect from before to after the experiment.
B) Participants who interacted with an unpleasant confederate did not change in positive affect from before to after the experiment, but participants who interacted with a pleasant confederate increased in positive affect.
C) Before the experiment began, participants had low levels of positive affect, but after the experiment participants had greatly increased their levels of positive affect.
D) The results of this study were significant.