A researcher isinvestigating verbal behavior among introverts and extroverts.

A researcher isinvestigating verbal behavior among introverts and extroverts. Theresearcher first tests participants and classifies them as eitherintroverted or extroverted. She then randomly assigns participantsto a high anxiety or a low anxiety social group and observes thenumber of words spoken by participants. The researcher wants tolearn more about the effects of both personalitystyleintroversion or extroversionand social situationhigh orlow anxietyon verbal behavior. In this caseverbalbehavioris defined as the number of verbalcommunications uttered within a 5-minute observation period.