A Team of Researchers "Predicted That Men Who Believe That

question 22

Multiple Choice

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 dependent variable is best described as ______.

• A) men who believe that a woman was attracted to them
• B) gender
• C) belief regarding a woman's attraction
• D) amount of flirtatious behavior

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