A researcher believes that depressive symptoms will be reduced when family members give attention to competent behavior and express disinterest when depressive behavior is exhibited. In this example, attention is the ____ and depressive symptoms are the ____.

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Attention is the independent variable because it is what the researcher manipulates (giving attention to competent behavior and expressing disinterest in depressive behavior). Depressive symptoms are the dependent variable because their change is what the researcher is measuring as a result of manipulating the independent variable.

A Researcher Believes That Depressive Symptoms Will Be Reduced When