I am a little confused on this question , please help! please don't just list the answers , if you can explain how you got your answer that would be great. Thank you for your help.I have attached the problem .Please view attachment before answering. A researcher wonders whether people will value a comforting teddy bearmore if they are reminded of their death (mortality salience). Allparticipants first completed a self-esteem scale. Participants were thenrandomly assigned to imagine and write about either their own death orunpleasant dental surgery for 3 minutes. They then all did a brief fillertask of neutral puzzles for several minutes. Last, participants were toldthey were taking part in a "consumer research study." They handled ateddy bear and were asked to estimate its worth.The researcher found that the death reminder did increase the perceivedvalue of the teddy bear, but only for those with low self esteem. ThisdemonstratesO A main effect of valuing comfort.An interaction between valuing comfort & self-esteemA main effect of mortality salience,An interaction between mortality salience & self-esteem.A main effect of self-esteem.

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I am a little confused on this question , please help! please don't just list the answers , if you can explain how you got your answer that would be great. Thank you for your help.

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A researcher wonders whether people will value a comforting teddy bear
more if they are reminded of their death (mortality salience). All
participants first completed a self-esteem scale. Participants were then
randomly assigned to imagine and write about either their own death or
unpleasant dental surgery for 3 minutes. They then all did a brief filler
task of neutral puzzles for several minutes. Last, participants were told
they were taking part in a "consumer research study." They handled a
teddy bear and were asked to estimate its worth.
The researcher found that the death reminder did increase the perceived
value of the teddy bear, but only for those with low self esteem. This
demonstrates
O A main effect of valuing comfort.
An interaction between valuing comfort & self-esteem
A main effect of mortality salience,
An interaction between mortality salience & self-esteem.
A main effect of self-esteem.

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Independent variable (IV) refers to the variable which has effect on dependent variable (DV). Independent variable is administered by the experimenter in order to measure it's effects on dependent variable.

Dependent variable (DV) is the variable which is measured by the experimenter after manipulation of IV.

Interaction effect refers to the effect of interaction between two or more IVs on DV.