A team of researchers predicted that men who believe that a woman was attracted to them would act on their belief and behave relatively more flirtatiously toward the woman than would men having no such belief (Ridge & Reber, 2002) . In this study, the independent variable is best described as ______.A) men who believe that a woman was attracted to themB) genderC) belief regarding a woman's attractionD) amount of flirtatious behavior

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A team of researchers predicted that men who believe that a woman was attracted to them would act on their belief and behave relatively more flirtatiously toward the woman than would men having no such belief (Ridge & Reber, 2002) . In this study, the independent variable is best described as ______.A)  men who believe that a woman was attracted to themB)  genderC)  belief regarding a woman's attractionD)  amount of flirtatious behavior

Zybrea Knight · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  The independent variable is the belief regarding a woman's attraction, as this is the variable that is being manipulated by the researchers to see its effect on the amount of flirtatious behavior. The other options (men who believe that a woman was attracted to them, gender, and amount of flirtatious behavior) are either not being manipulated or are being measured as dependent variables.

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