Instructions : Think about the “Foot-in-the-door” concept (FITD) from your last
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Question
Instructions: Think about the “Foot-in-the-door” concept (FITD) from your last Crash Course Quiz in Statistics. In this social psychology phenomenon, researchers have found that if you ask someone to engage in a small behavior first, participants are more likely to engage in a big behavior in the future. Now consider the “Door-in-the-face” concept (DITF), where asking someone to do something big makes them less likely to do it. When you then ask for something smaller, they are likely to do it (it makes them feel better about themselves after turning down your first request). You design a new study with three conditions to test the FITD and DITF concepts. In Condition One (FITD), you ask one third of the participants to participate in a series of studies, with the first one taking about 5 minutes. Later, you ask them if they would be willing to participate in a second study that takes 30 minutes. In Condition Two, you ask one third of the participants if they are willing to participate in a series of studies, with the first one taking about 300 minutes (DITF). Then, when they inevitably turn you down, you ask them if they are willing to participate in a study that takes 30 minutes. In Condition Three, you ask the remaining third of participants to simply participate in a study that lasts about 30 minutes (Control). You then measure all participants’ willingness to participate in the 30 minute study on a scale ranging from 1 (not at all willing) to 9 (very willing).
What is the dependent variable in this study?
A. Participant’s willingness to participate in the study
B. Participant’s ability to participate in the study
C. The three conditions of the first study (5 minutes, 300 minutes, 30 minutes)
D. The three conditions (FITD, DITF, Control)
E. Both C and D are correct, as they get at the same dependent variable
Explanation / Answer
The participant's willingness would be the dependent variable since that is what us being measured as mentioned in the last statement. Whatever is being measured in the experiment is the dependent variable