In a social psychology experiment on the emotional effects of winning and losing a game,twenty SMSU students were randomly assigned to either win or lose a strategy board game inthe lab. The game was in the same style as Tic-Tac-Toe and Connect Four. Unbeknownst tothe participants, instead of being paired with another naive player, they actually played againsta confederate who had been trained to either win or lose the game, as the condition required.Afterward, everyone completed an evaluation of the game, and also rated their currentemotional state, which was measured on two positive affect variables, and two negative affectvariables.      Which of the variables in this study were “manipulated” and which were “measured?

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In a social psychology experiment on the emotional effects of winning and losing a game,
twenty SMSU students were randomly assigned to either win or lose a strategy board game in
the lab. The game was in the same style as Tic-Tac-Toe and Connect Four. Unbeknownst to
the participants, instead of being paired with another naive player, they actually played against
a confederate who had been trained to either win or lose the game, as the condition required.
Afterward, everyone completed an evaluation of the game, and also rated their current
emotional state, which was measured on two positive affect variables, and two negative affect
variables. 

 

 

Which of the variables in this study were “manipulated” and which were “measured?

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