Janus wanted to see if people are more attracted to individuals with symmetrical faces compared to individuals with asymmetrical faces. Janus recruited heterosexual male and female participants for his experiment. Janus showed the participants pictures of people whose faces were modified to be more symmetrical or less symmetrical than they actually are and asked the participants to press a green button if they found the picture attractive and a red button if they did not. The participants were shown a single picture at a time and each picture was shown to them for five seconds.
-Which of the following is a dependent variable in Janus' experiment

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The dependent variable in this experiment is the button selections that the participants make. This is because it is the variable that is being measured and affected by the independent variable, which is the level of facial symmetry in the pictures shown. The sex and sexual orientation of the participants and the pictures shown are all independent variables in this experiment.

Janus Wanted to See If People Are More Attracted to Individuals