In Snyder and Haugen's research on obesity and social status (1994, 1995), male students were shown a picture of a normal or obese female student before having a phone conversation with the female student. In this study, the dependent variable was the
A) phone conversation.
B) status of the male student.
C) man's response to the picture.
D) woman's weight status.

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The dependent variable in this study is the phone conversation between the male and female students. The researchers were interested in how the male students' perception of the female student's weight status would affect their interaction during the phone conversation. Therefore, the phone conversation is the variable that is being measured and is the dependent variable. The other options listed are not the dependent variable in this study.

In Snyder and Haugen's Research on Obesity and Social Status