Dr. Collar conducted an experiment to see if owning a dog during childhood influences the development of empathy. Over 10 years, Dr. Collar studied the same two groups of children. One group received a dog when they were 5 years old, the other group received no pet. Each year families in both groups filled out a scale about the child's empathy. The independent variable in this study is_________The dependent variable is _______ A) Not present because the study is correlational; dog ownership B) Dog ownership; empathy  C)Not present because the study is correlational; empathy D) Empathy; dog ownership

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Dr. Collar conducted an experiment to see if owning a dog during childhood influences the development of empathy. Over 10 years, Dr. Collar studied the same two groups of children. One group received a dog when they were 5 years old, the other group received no pet. Each year families in both groups filled out a scale about the child's empathy. The independent variable in this study is_________The dependent variable is _______

A) Not present because the study is correlational; dog ownership

B) Dog ownership; empathy 

C)Not present because the study is correlational; empathy

D) Empathy; dog ownership

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