Suppose you would like to follow up the Spotlight on Research laboratory study regarding the hormone oxytocin as a possible fidelity prescription. Your research mentor suggests that you modify the dependent variable in some way. Which of the following proposals would NOT address your mentor's suggestion?
A) Ask participants how interested they would be in going on a date with the experimenter.
B) Have participants in a committed relationship rate the attractiveness of their current partner before and after oxytocin administration.
C) Measure the physical distance participants sit from two attractive female confederates.
D) Include both men who are in committed relationships and those men who are not.

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The dependent variable in a study is what is being measured or tested, and options A, B, and C all suggest different ways to measure the effects of oxytocin on behavior or perception, which aligns with modifying the dependent variable. Option D, however, suggests changing the sample of participants rather than how the outcomes are measured, which does not address the mentor's suggestion to modify the dependent variable.

Suppose You Would Like to Follow Up the Spotlight on Research