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WorksheetsIVs and DVs in Psychology
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Developmental psychologists want to know if exposing children to public television improves their reading skills.
IV: watching public television
IV: reading skills
DV: watching public television
DV: reading skills
Physiological psychologists wonder about the relationship between the intake of wine and emotional reactions to frightening stimuli.
IV: wine intake
IV: emotional reactions
DV: wine intake
DV: emotional reactions
Psychologists want to know whether encouraging comments will make people work harder on an assembly line
IV: encouraging comments
IV: effort in work
DV: encouraging comments
DV: effort in work
Cognitive psychologists wonder what kind of diagrams are easiest for people to remember.
IV: diagram types
IV: memory
DV: diagram types
DV: memory
A clinical psychologist wants to know whether people are more or less likely to have problems in the future if they have had psychotherapy
IV: number or degree of problems
IV: having had psychotherapy
DV: number or degree of problems
DV: having had psychotherapy
A social psychologist wants to know whether people are more cooperative when treated rudely or politely by an authority figure.
IV: level of cooperation
IV: rude or polite treatment
DV: level of cooperation
DV: rude or polite treatment
Are workers happier if they wear name tags at work?
IV: happiness
IV: wearing a name tag
DV: happiness
DV: wearing a nametag
Do extroverts have more fun than introverts at parties?
IV: extrovert
IV: amount of fun had at a party
DV: extrovert
DV: amount of fun at a party
A developmental psychologist is interested in how the activity level of four-year-olds is affected by viewing a 20- minute video of the SpongeBob SquarePants or a 20-minute video of Play School.
IV: TV program viewed
IV: activity level
DV: TV program viewed
DV: activity level
One group were trained in meditation and another group received no training. The effects this had on their brains were measured using brain scans. WHAT IS THE IV IN THIS SCENARIO
Meditation training
Brain Scans
The group who received meditation
The effects on the brain
One group were trained in meditation and another group received no training. The effects this had on their brains were measured using brain scans. WHAT IS THE DV IN THIS SCENARIO
Meditation training
Brain Scans
The group who received meditation
The effects on the brain
Students were tested on their memory of a word list which they learnt using repetition. They were then tested on their memory of a word list which they learnt using narrative chaining.
IV: memory
IV: narrative chaining
DV: memory
DV: learning the word list
