In an experimental study of the impact of exposure to criticism on self-esteem,exposure to criticism would be the ________ variable.
A) replicated
B) dependent
C) confounding
D) independent

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In experimental studies, the independent variable is the one that is deliberately manipulated by the researcher in order to observe its effect on the dependent variable. In this case, the independent variable is exposure to criticism, as it is being deliberately manipulated to observe its impact on self-esteem. The dependent variable is self-esteem, as it is the variable that is being measured to see how it is affected by the independent variable of exposure to criticism.

In an Experimental Study of the Impact of Exposure to Criticism