Bethany is a developmental psychologist who believes that eating dinner together as a family each night is related to increased academic performance in school. To assess this, she measures how often her participants have a family dinner and their overall grade at the end of the academic year. In Bethany's study, _____ is the independent variable, whereas _____ is the dependent variable.

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The independent variable is the variable that is being manipulated or changed by the researcher in the study (in this case, the number of family dinners). The dependent variable is the variable that is being measured and is expected to change as a result of the independent variable (in this case, academic performance). Therefore, A is the best answer as it identifies the appropriate independent and dependent variables in Bethany's study.

Bethany Is a Developmental Psychologist Who Believes That Eating Dinner