Multiple Choice
In a study on alcohol and aggressive behavior, subjects are randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group receives real alcohol while the other group receives tonic water
Which tastes identical to real alcohol. In this way, neither group of subjects knows who
Got the real alcohol. In this study, the nonalcoholic tonic water serves as a(n) ______.
A) selection factor
B) dependent variable
C) independent variable
D) placebo
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