Assignment - 1

Introduction to Psychology (PSY101)

Marks: 20 Due Date: 20th December, 2021

Assignment Objective:
This assignment has been designed to make the students better understand the role of variables in
a research study.

Assignment Question.

Below given scenarios related to independent and dependent variables which have been discussed
in lecture 9 of your course. Please read the below mentioned scenarios and answer the following
question

 Identify independent and dependent variable for each scenario.


Serial Number Examples Independent Dependent
Variable (2*5=10) Variable
(2*5=10)
1. The more food that
a person eats, the
more the weight
increases.
2. Spending time with .
the family members
reduces stress
overall.
3. A psychologist
hypothesize that
people eat less
when they know
 that they’re being
monitored by
someone. For this,
the psychologist
gathered 20
students from a
university and
divided them into
two groups. Both of
the groups were
given their favorite
food items to eat.
However, the
second group was
told that they’re
being monitored by
a CCTV camera
and nothing was
said to the first
group.
4. A researcher
suggested that
people who watch
comedy movies
with their family
tend to experience
individual
enjoyment more as
compared to people
who watch the
movies alone.
 5. A psychologist
decided to explore
the link between a
student’s academic
performance and
mental well-being.
He found out that
students who had
greater mental well-
being performed
well academically.

Marking Scheme:
Each scenario contains two identifications
(2+2) 4*5=20
2 Marks for identification of Dependent Variable
2 Marks for identification of Independent Variable
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