A researcher is interested in interpersonal attraction and the factors that affect it.She designs a study in which she looks at the effect of similarity and social warmth on interpersonal attraction.Participants in her study meet a target person who either is or is not similar to the participant (the similarity variable)and who is either friendly or aloof (the social warmth variable).After interacting with the target person under these conditions,participants are then asked to rate how attractive they think the target person is.In this study,the dependent variable is:
A) similarity.
B) social warmth.
C) interpersonal attraction.
D) All of the answer options are correct.

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The dependent variable in this study is interpersonal attraction, as this is what the researcher is interested in measuring and how the participants are asked to rate the target person. While similarity and social warmth are independent variables that are manipulated, they are not the primary focus of the study and are therefore not the dependent variable.

A Researcher Is Interested in Interpersonal Attraction and the Factors