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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The dependent variable in this study is the amount of flirtatious behavior, as this is the behavior that is being measured and compared between the two groups of men. The belief regarding a woman's attraction is the independent variable, as it is being manipulated in order to observe its effect on the dependent variable.

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