What is the INDEPENDENT variable, and DEPENDENT variable.?

Question

A social psychologist set up an experimental design where a well dressed business man and a bum crossed against a light (jaywalking), and found that the number of pedistrians who would follow the business man dramatically exceeded the number who would cross after the bum. What is the variable?


a. Number of pedestrians who crossed in each situation.
b. Height of the bum as compared to the businessman
c. Amount of traffic at the intersection
d. Perceived status

Answer 1

Independent variable is D - perceived status and dependent variable is A - number of pedestrians who crossed in each situation.