A researcher is interested in testing whether students who have recently been insulted are more or less likely to help a person in need. To study this issue, the researcher should make _______ the independent variable and _______ the dependent variable.

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The insult is the independent variable because it is the variable that the researcher is manipulating to test its effect on helping behavior, which is the dependent variable.

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