Pros And Cons Of Cosmetic Surgery

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Using the same journal article from HW5, identify what was manipulated (IV), and what was expected to change because of the manipulation (DV).
• There were no IV or DV. Researchers wanted to know if the reason why patients sought cosmetic surgery was because of teasing and bullying. The researchers hypothesized that patients that mad a low self-esteem towards their weight would have psychological dysfunction. In turn their patients that thought badly of their appearances would seek out cosmetic surgery to fix their issues; longer than those patients that did not report being bullied.
Be specific in listing tasks, materials, and measures.
• Researchers recruited patients that were undergoing elective cosmetic surgery from a dentistry in Australia

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