A toy manufacturer wanted to know if babies would enjoy toys that were colorful

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A toy manufacturer wanted to know if babies would enjoy toys that were colorful more than toys that were not. Eight-month old infants were placed in high chair, and several toys were place on the tray in front of the child, including either a white stuffed horse, or a multi-colored "rainbow" horse. The number of times each infant picked up the horse during a 20-minute play session was recorded. experimental condition I Choose ] IChoose ] color of the toy received the white horse # of times toy is picked up received the "rainbow horse" control condition independent variable [Choose l dependent variable [ Choose

Explanation / Answer

The experimental condition refers to a group of participants who are exposed to the independent variable in an experiment; a multicoloured rainbow horse.

Control condition: a white stuffed horse.

Independent variable is the variable that we change: giving colored horse.

Dependent variable is that which we are going to record: the number of times each infant picks up the horse.  

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